Types of therapy

Psychotherapy

Use psychological techniques

Biomedical therapy

use perscribed medication or medical procedure

Psychoanalysis therapy

Bring up repressed feelings through free association, transference

Transference

(Part of psychoanalysis) patient transfers feelings to therapist

Psychodynamic Therapy def

Focusing on themes across relationships to understand symptoms

Psychodynamic therapy types

Interpersonal Psychotherapy - effective on depression, insight to roots of problem, to help you communicate better with others

Humanistic therapies types

Insight therapies, client centered therapies, unconditional positive regard (not good for real disorders)

Insight therapies

Focuses on present and future, the conscious, growth over “curing” , aim to boost self fullfillment,

Client centered therapies

Carl rogers, therapist listens without judgement, so client feels accepted (no advice)

Unconditional positive regard

Therapist gives to client by allowing, paraphrasing, invite clarification, reflect feelings

Existential therapy

Focus on helping therapist finding subjectively meaningful perception of their lives, purpose of life

Gestalt therapy

Emphasis on the whole, only focuses on present, integration of all actions made by client (body position feelings, thoughts)

Behavior therapy (def)

Problem behaviors are the problem because they are learned, so need to be unlearned

Behavior therapy types

Classical conditioning techniques, exposure therapies, aversive conditioning

Classical conditioning techniques

Counter condition (create new behavior to create new responses to stimuli) unwanted behavior

Exposure therapy

Desisitization over a time, work their way up

Aversive conditioning

Pairs a negative behavior with a negative stimulus

Operant condoning as therapy

“Too controlling” token economy

Cognitive therapies def

Thinking colors our feelings, attempts to teach people more constructive ways of thinking

Cognitive therapies types

Becks theory, Cognitive behavioral therapy

Becks therapy for depression

Works to reverse catastrophizing beliefs about oneself, see things in a new light

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Most popular, used for anxiety,alter the way person thinks (cognitive) and act (behavior)

ABCs of CBT (name person)

Activating, Belief , Consequence

Albert Ellis- expose the dysfunctional thoughts

Regression towards the mean

Tendency for extreme scores to fall back to the average

Meta analysis

Procedure for statistically combining results of many studies

Alternate therapies types

Therapeutic touch (placebo), eye movement desensitization (for traumatic events), light exposure therapy (for SAD)

Anti psychotic drugs

Thorazine (pos) Clozapine (neg)

Antianxiety drugs

Xanax, Ativan,depress nervous system, D-cycloserine

Anti depressant drugs

Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, (increase norep,serotonin)

Electroconvulsive therapy

Non invasive, over the head, electrical currents for depression

Deep brain stimulation

Very invasive, goes in and stimulates the limbic system

Psychosurgery

Destroys brain tissue to change behavior