What are the core concepts of Gestalt Therapy?
Awareness, Choice, Responsibility
Focuses on changing observable behaviors through learning principles
What does REBT focus on?
disputing core irrational beliefs
Who is feminist therapy for?
All people
what is the ABC model in behavior therapy?
antecedent, behavior, consequence
What does increasing awareness do in Gestalt therapy?
developing self-support
What are the four main areas of development
Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social-cognitive theory, CBT
What is the first step in creating change in CBT?
Changing beliefs
What is intersectionality?
The interaction of multiple social identities and systems of oppression
The BOBO doll is apart of what conditioning?
classical conditioning
"A stuck point when external support is unavailable, and old ways of being do not work"
Impasse
What is the difference between reinforcement & punishment?
reinforcement = increase behavior
punishment = decrease behavior
what key area of unconditional acceptance involves accepting other people?
Unconditional Other-Acceptance (UOA)
What is the point of re-authoring stories in narrative therapy?
to create more adaptive/helpful story of client's life
What is the difference between CT & REBT?
CT focuses on automatic cognitive distortions, while REBT emphasizes disputing core irrational beliefs.
What is the here & now?
Appreciating & fully experiencing the present, as the present has power.
Receiving a traffic ticket after speeding/breaking traffic laws is an example of what reinforcement/punishment
positive punishment
thoughts that are immediate responses to situations are what type of thoughts?
automatic
what type of questioning focuses on when problems didn't exist or were less severe & highlights strengths & possibilities
exception question
A therapist adopts a common factors approach. What aspect of therapy are they likely to prioritize?
The therapeutic alliance and empathy
What is included in Holism
The whole client, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, body, memories, dreams
Exposure to real-life anxiety-inducing situations is what type of flooding?
In Vivo Flooding
What is the process of creating changed responses in CBT
Change core beliefs > Change thoughts & cognitions > change responses
How does Feminist Therapy’s concept of “the personal is political” apply in a therapeutic setting?
By helping clients understand how personal struggles may stem from societal structures and norms.
A narrative therapist helps a client view their depression as a separate entity, referring to it as "the depression" instead of saying "I am depressed." What therapeutic technique is the therapist using?
externalization