Therapy Basics & History
General term for a trained professional who does psychotherapy
Therapist / Clinician
Freud’s “talking cure” approach
Psychoanalysis
Aaron Beck’s therapy that targets distorted thinking
Cognitive therapy
Most commonly prescribed drugs for depression and anxiety
SSRIs
Most therapists today actually use this blended approach
Eclectic / Integrative
The “insight” therapies (psychodynamic + humanistic) aim to increase this
Self-awareness / Insight
Rogers’ three core conditions: empathy, genuineness, and this
Unconditional positive regard
Therapy that uses classical and operant conditioning techniques
Behavior therapy
Drugs that block dopamine receptors (used for schizophrenia)
Antipsychotics
Deinstitutionalization in the U.S. began dramatically after this decade
1960s
Bedlam (England) was originally this type of place before becoming an infamous asylum
A hospital / Bethlehem Hospital
Bringing repressed feelings into conscious awareness
(Freud’s goal) Catharsis
Systematic desensitization gradually pairs relaxation with what?
The feared stimulus
Treatment that sends brief electric current through the brain
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
The “common factors” research shows this single factor predicts success most
Therapeutic alliance / relationship
Wade emphasizes that the medical model renamed “patients” to this term in therapy settings
Clients
Humanistic therapy is also called this (two words)
Person-centered / Client-centered
CBT stands for this (full name)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Newer brain stimulation treatment using magnetic fields
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
Evidence-based practice requires therapists to use treatments proven by these Randomized controlled trials /
Empirical research
Famous experiment where Rosenhan’s team showed that once labeled, normal behavior is seen as this
Pathological / Part of the illness
Technique where the client takes the therapist’s role to gain insight
Role reversal / Chair technique (Gestalt)
Exposure therapy for PTSD that revisits the trauma in imagination or in vivo Prolonged
exposure
Controversial surgery that severs connections in the frontal lobe (rarely used now)
Lobotomy / Prefrontal lobotomy
Meta-analyses show that psychotherapy is generally this compared to no treatment
More effective / Superior