Theoretical Orientations
This type of therapy encourages clients to catch, check, and change cognitive distortions
CBT
This disorder is characterized by at least six months of excessive worries and difficulties controlling worries, as well as difficulties concentrating, fatigue, irritability, restlessness, muscle tension, or sleep disturbances
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Arachnophobia
fear of spiders
This PD is characterized by instability of personal relationships and self image, fear of abandonment, suicidality, idealization and devaluation of others, and mood instability
Borderline Personality Disorder
This branch of psychology studies individual or group behavior and how it is influenced by the presence and behavior of others
Social psychology
This type of therapy provides insight into the unconscious conflicts that occur between components of the human mind – the id, ego, and superego
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Emerging in the early developmental period, symptoms of this disorder are characterized by impairments in social communication and restrictive or repetitive patterns of behavior, and can include cognitive deficits, rigid thinking patterns, and hypersensitivity to stimulation
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Claustrophobia
fear of confined spaces
This PD is characterized by need for admiration, grandiose sense of self-importance, arrogance, sense of entitlement, and beliefs that they are special and can only be understood by other special people
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
In this classic experiment taking place at a college in California, participants were placed in either an inmate or guard role
Stanford prison experiment
This type of therapy is well-known for the empty chair technique
Gestalt Therapy
The duration of this depressive disorder is at least two years for adults or at least one year for children and includes depressed mood and at least two symptoms of low energy, poor concentration, hopelessness, and changes in appetite or sleep patterns
Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
Agoraphobia
fear of particular places and situations that can cause anxiety or panic - such as open spaces or crowded places - where escaping could be difficult
This PD is characterized by attention seeking, shallow expression of emotions, theatrics, inappropriate provocative behaviors, and falsely believing their relationships are more intimate than they really are
Histrionic Personality Disorder
This theory, introduced in the 1940's, proposed that all people must have their basic necessities covered, and that the final stage of development is self-actualization
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
This type of therapy uses chain analysis to gain understanding of precipitants and consequences of a behavior
DBT
Symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and negative affect describe this disorder which lasts at least one month but less than six months
Schizophreniform Disorder
Hemophobia
fear of blood
This PD is characterized by feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, preoccupation with being criticized, avoidance of activities involving significant interpersonal contact, and viewing themselves as inferior to others
Avoidant Personality Disorder
This term describes falsification or extreme exaggeration of physical or mental illness to gain external benefits such as getting attention, avoiding work, or being prescribed drugs.
Malingering
This type of therapy assumes that all people experience intrapsychic conflict due to four primary 'givens' including freedom, death, isolation, and meaninglessness
Existential Therapy
With first symptoms emerging in early childhood, this disorder is characterized by at least 6 months of anger or irritability, vindictiveness and argumentative behavior
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Ophidiophobia
fear of snakes
This PD is characterized by detachment from social relationships, ambivalence toward others, lacking pleasure in activities, emotional coldness, and indifference to praise or criticism
Schizoid Personality Disorder
A symptom found in both psychotic and neurodevelopmental disorders, this refers to the involuntary imitation and mimicking of another person's movements
Echopraxia