Chapter 16 - Psychological Therapies

What are insight therapies?

talk-based therapies that focus on awareness and understanding about feelings and behaviours that the client possesses

What is psychoanalytic therapy?

Where a clinical psychologist attempts to uncover the unconscious and internal impulses that are the cause of the clients difficulties

What techniques are typically used for psychoanalytical therapy?

analyzing dreams and free association (speaking freely)

What is the latent content of dreams?

The unconscious part that motivated the dream to happen

What is transference in therapy?

projecting feelings and emotions toward/onto your therapist

What is object relations therapy?

A type of psychodynamic therapy that focuses on mental representations of themselves and others

What is humanistic psychotherapy?

An approach that emphasizes growth and a road to self-actualization

What does Roger’s client-centred therapy focus on?

Focuses on patients goals and ways of understanding emotions and problem-solving

What are somatic therapies?

mind-body approaches to help influence moods

What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?

using stimulations via tracking to process trauma

What is Brainspotting therapy?

client maintains gaze on a fixed position and is a slow process

What is Behavioural Therapy?

behaviours that are learned through conditioning that need to be changed

What is cognitive therapy?

changing maladaptive thoughts

What is Group therapy?

having support and connection from others that share issues or experiences

What is Family Therapy?

for solving family dynamics

What is Gradual Exposure?

A broad approach of exposure to a fear over time

What is Systematic desensitization?

A method of treating phobias that involves relaxation, structure and gradual exposure over time to the feared thing (exposure therapy)

What is a flooding treatment regarding phobias?

An intense exposure to the feared stimulus

What is a modelling treatment regarding phobias?

observing another person engage with their feared stimulus

What is Virtual Reality Therapy?

A treatment that uses VR to show the feared stimulus to the client

What is Aversive Conditioning?

a technique that pairs a behaviour with a negative outcome, which creates an aversion to reduce the behaviour

What is Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and what techniques does it include?

Using exposure, cognitive restructuring, and skill training techniques to replace maladaptive behaviours in order to build better habits over time

What is Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (ICBT)?

Cognitive-behavioural therapy that is given via the internet in things like videos, programs and guided exercises for mental health

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)?

How to regulate overwhelming emotions by reducing harmful behaviours and using skills to help

What are the 4 skills of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy?

Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Distress Tolerance, and Emotional Regulation

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy used to help treat?

All kinds of disorders that need help building emotional control and ways of coping

What is the Indigenous perspective on Mental Health?

Holisim → mental health is not just individual thoughts and behaviours, but also about culture, history, etc.

What are the 3 levels of healing in indigenous communities?

Systems Level (cultural), Community Level(belonging), and Individual Level

What is the Systems Approach?

focuses on changing patterns that were influenced by interacting systems, like family relationships