Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapy - Unit 5

deinstitutionalization

the process, begun in the late twentieth century, of moving people with psychological disorders out of institutional facilities

psychotherapy

treatment that acts on a person's behavior or mental process; consisting of interactions between a trained therapist and a patient or client

biomedical therapy

prescribed treatment that acts on a person's physiology

psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud's therapeutic technique; used the patient's free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences - and the therapist's interpretations of them - to release previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight

free association

in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing

resistance

in psychoanalysis, the patient's unconscious opposition to unveiling or exploring painful memories or repressed impulses

interpretation

in psychoanalysis, the analyst's noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight

manifest content

in psychoanalysis, the overt, remembered storyline and imagery of a dream

latent content

in psychoanalysis, the hidden, underlying meaning of a dream

transference

in psychoanalysis, the patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships

psychodynamic therapy

therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that seeks to enhance self-insight

insight therapies

a variety of therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person's awareness of underlying motives and defenses

client-centered therapy

Roger's therapeutic techniques, uses active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients' growth

active listening

empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies, without interpreting or judging

unconditional positive regard

a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which Carl Rogers believed would help clients to develop self-awareness and self-acceptance