Types of Therapy
Goals
Techniques
Drug Therapies
Misc.
100
Involves treatments with medical procedures; trained therapist, offers medication
What is Biomedical Therapy? 
100
To apply learning principles to modify problem behaviors 
What are Behavioral Therapies? 
100
Historical reconstruction (powerful childhood experiences shape adulthood) 
What is Psychoanalysis? 
100
Mimic certain neurotransmitters (block or increase activity of dopamine)
What are Antipsychotic Drugs? 
100
Shocks to the brain; reduces suicidal thoughts; only for major depressive disorder or very severe mania  
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy? 
200
Consequences drive behaviors, voluntary behaviors are strongly influenced by their consequences 
What is Operant Conditioning Therapy? 
200
To bring patients repressed feelings into conscious awareness
What is Psychoanalysis? 
200
Unwanted behavior is associated with unpleasant feelings 
What is Aversion Conditioning? 
200
Depresses central nervous system 
What are Antianxiety Drugs? 
200
Psychosurgical Procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients 
What is Lobotomy? 
300
A humanistic therapy in which therapist uses techniques to facilitate client's growth 
What is Client Centered Therapy? 
300
To help people understand current symptoms to explore and gain perspective defended- against thoughts and feelings 
What is Psychodynamic Theory? 
300
Clients centered face to face meetings; exploration of past relationship troubles to understand origins of current difficulties
What is Psychodynamic Theory? 
300
Xanax is an example of...
What are Antianxiety Drugs? 
300
Mostly done in control environments and may not correlate to real world situations 
What is a Token Economy? 
400
A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain 
What is Electroconvulsive Therapy? 
400
To reduce inner conflicts 
What is Humanistic Perspective? 
400
Active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment 
What is Client Centered Therapy? 
400
Increase availability of norepinephrine or serotonin
What are Antidepressant Drugs? 
400
Client is asked to freely share thoughts, random words, and anything else that comes to mind regardless of how coherent or appropriate the thoughts are
What is Free Association? 
500
an emotional charged confiding attraction between a trained therapist and someone is suffers from psychological difficulties 
What is Psychotherapy? 
500
Substituting negative response for a positive response to a harmful stimulus 
What is Aversion Conditioning? 
500
Teaches people new more adaptive ways of thinking and acting 
What is Cognitive Therapy? 
500
Levels emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder 
What are Mood Stabilizing Medications? 
500
Approach to Psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy 
What is Eclectic Approach?