Early Psychotherapies
What type of "hidden" material did Freud believe to be the root of mental illness?
Unconscious
What causes mental illness, according to cognitive therapists?
Illogical cognitions (aka irrational, unrealistic thoughts)
Type of therapy that argues that mood symptoms and social relationships are connected
Interpersonal Therapy
Biomedical tx commonly used to treat Bipolar Disorder
Lithium
Art therapy technique in which clients are encouraged to draw how they're feeling inside a circle
Mandala Technique
Three conditions that are necessary & sufficient for effective psychotherapy, according to Rogers?
The cognitive model explained
Situation --> Interpretation of events --> Emotional response
The function of fear?
To alert us to danger, need for safety is compromised
Two-part goal of Feminist Therapy
Individual adjustment AND societal change
Definition of "Complementary" treatments
Combined with evidence-based treatments
Behaviorism technique that encourages frequency of behaviors that are positively reinforcing.
Behavioral Activation
Cognitive distortion characterized by the belief that we know what other people are thinking
Mind-reading
According to Emotion-Focused Therapy, these refer to the fundamental, direct reactions we feel immediately from situations
Primary Emotions
Describes Feminist Therapy's objection to existing therapies because earlier approaches judged human behavior against the "white male experience is normal" lens
Androcentric
One "red flag" of CAM treatment
Effectiveness is claimed using anecdotal evidence
Panacea of effectiveness
Quick & easy fix
Villainizes standard medical txs
The rational part of the self that has to mediate the demands from the two competing parts of the self., according to Freud.
Ego
In DBT, "emotional vulnerability" means...
High sensitivity to events, high emotional reactivity to events, with a slow return to emotional "baseline"
One of the "Four Horsemen" of relationship problems according to the Gottman Institute that describes giving someone the silent treatment
Stonewalling
Limitation of Anti-Anxiety medications
Not designed to be taken daily or long term, can be physically addicting (tolerance, withdrawal), can be psychologically addicting (people can begin to believe they cannot “handle” anxiety without it), mask anxiety but do not eliminate it, sleepiness
Name of Forest Therapy in Japanese
Shinrin-yoku
In Psychodynamic Therapy, this refers to the client’s tendency to unconsciously & unrealistically expect therapist to behave like important people from their past.
Transference
Researcher who merged Mindfulness with Western Psychotherapy
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Both partners feel that their needs are heard and valued, even if they do not end up together.
Guest Speaker who presented on Family Therapy
Dr. Susan Hardman
Name of 6 Spiritual Struggles
Divine Struggles
Demonic Struggles
Interpersonal Struggles
Moral Struggles
Struggles with Ultimate Meaning
Struggles with Doubt