Therapy and Treatment

Who most commonly receives treatment?

Adults who deal with anxiety and depression. Women are more common than men.

Insight therapies

talk therapy

Behavior therapies

changing overt behavior

Biomedical therapies

Biological functioning interventions

Psychoanalysis

developed by Sigmund Freud and was the first form of psychotherapy. an approach that typically takes years.

Free association

the patient relaxes and then says whatever comes to mind at the moment

Dream analysis

a therapist interprets the underlying meaning of dreams.

Transference

the patient transfers all the positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst.

Play therapy

therapeutic process, often used with children, that employs toys to help them resolve psychological problems.

Behavior therapy

a therapist employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors, rather than digging deeply into one’s unconscious.

Counter conditioning

a client learns a new response to a stimulus that has previously elicited an undesirable behavior.

Aversive conditioning

uses an unpleasant stimulus to stop an undesirable behavior

Exposure therapy

a therapist seeks to treat clients’ fears or anxiety by presenting them with the object or situation that causes their problem, with the idea that they will eventually get used to it.

Cognitive therapy

developed by psychiatrist Aaron Beck in the 1960s, a form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress. The idea behind cognitive therapy is that how you think determines how you feel and act.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

helps clients examine how their thoughts affect their behavior. this therapy aims to change cognitive distortions and self-defeating behaviors using techniques like the ABC model.

Humanistic therapy

helps people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves. Emphasizes the patient’s present and future not past.

Client-centered therapy

developed by psychologist, Carl Rogers, a therapeutic approach in which the therapist does not give advice or provide interpretations but helps the person to identity conflicts and understand feelings.

Unconditional positive regard

which involves not judging clients and simply accepting them for who they are.

Psychopharmacotherapy

medication that helps with treating disorders.

Individual therapy

or individual psychotherapy or individual counseling, the client and clinician meet one-on-one.

Group therapy

a clinician meets together with several clients with similar problems.

Couples therapy

involves two people in an intimate relationship who are having difficulties and are trying to resolve them.

Family therapy

a special form of group therapy, consisting of one or more families.

Comorbid disorders

frequently, a person who is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol has an additional psychological disorder. In cases of comorbidity, the best treatment is thought to address both disorders simultaneously.