Types of Therapies
What type of therapy involves the therapist waving their fingers in front of the client's face?
EMDR
(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Who created/invented the humanistic therapy approach?
Carl Rogers
Who created/invented psychoanalysis therapy?
Sigmund Freud
What is psychodynamic therapy?
Therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition; views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and seeks to enhance self-insight.
What are drug therapies?
Drug therapy, or psychopharmacotherapy, aims to treat psychological disorders with medications.
What type of therapeutic approach involves a mix of techniques used in different kinds of therapies?
Eclectic approach
What is one method of humanistic therapy?
Focusing on self-perceptions, being non-directive, active listening, unconditional positive regard
What is the goal of psychoanalysis therapy?
To bring patients’ repressed feelings into conscious awareness; to help patients release energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts.
What is the goal of psychodynamic therapy?
To help people understand current symptoms; to explore and gain perspective on defended-against thoughts and feelings
The drugs given most often to treat depression are called _______?
Antidepressants
What type of therapy is used for phobias?
Exposure therapy
What is unconditional positive regard?
Always seeing the client in a positive light, being understanding of them
What are some of the techniques associated with Psychoanalysis therapy?
Historical reconstruction, initially through hypnosis and later through free association; interpretation of resistance, transference
What are some of the techniques associated with Psychodynamic therapy?
Client-centered face-to-face meetings; exploration of past relationship troubles to understand the origins of current difficulties
How do researchers determine if particular drug therapies are effective?
Researchers assign people to treatment and no-treatment conditions to see if those who receive the drug therapy improve more than those who don’t. Double-blind controlled studies are most effective.
What therapy requires making the patient have a different reaction to a harmful stimulus?
Aversive conditioning
What are the goals of humanistic therapy?
Reduce inner conflicts that interfere with development and growth, promote personal growth, self-acceptance & self-awareness
What is psychoanalysis therapy?
Sigmund Freud’s therapeutic technique. Freud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences—and the therapist’s interpretations of them—released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight
How is interpersonal therapy related to Psychodynamic therapy?
Because there are brief 12- to 16-session form of psychodynamic therapy that has been effective in treating depression
Schizophrenia is often treated with _______?
Antipsychotic
What are the two types of insight therapies?
Psychoanalytic and Humanistic
How do therapists foster growth in humanistic therapy? (3 parts)
Exhibit genuineness, acceptance, and empathy
In psychoanalysis, when patients experience strong feelings for their therapist, this is called ________?
Transference
How does Psychodynamic therapy differ from Psychoanalysis Therapy? (3 parts)
1. Lack of belief in id, ego, and superego
2. Shorter, less expensive, and more focused on helping the client find relief from current symptoms
3. Helps clients understand how past relationships create themes that may be acted out in present relationships
Define antipsychotic drugs, antianxiety drugs and antidepressant drugs
Antipsychotic drugs- drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of server thought disorder.
Antianxiety Drugs- drugs used to control anxiety and agitation
Antidepressant drugs- drugs used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD