Clinical Psychology Models and Therapies Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards defining key theoretical models, therapeutic techniques, and principles from clinical psychology lecture notes.

Cognitive behavioral model

A model focusing on behaviors and thoughts and their interplay, as well as the impact this interplay has on feelings and emotions.

Exposure therapy

A treatment where a client is exposed to their anxiety without relying on safety or avoidance behaviors.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

A third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy that helps clients accept many of their problematic thoughts rather than judge them, act on them, or try fruitlessly to change them.

Humanist view

A perspective emphasizing people as cooperative and constructive, focusing on the drive to self-actualize through honest recognition of strengths and weaknesses.

Existentialist view

A perspective emphasizing accurate self-awareness and a meaningful (authentic) life, holding that psychological dysfunction is caused by self-deception.

Unconditional positive regard

A basic human need that, if received, leads to unconditional self-regard; if not received, it leads to conditions of worth.

Rogers' client-centered therapy

A treatment created by Carl Rogers where the therapist creates a supportive climate using unconditional positive regard, accurate empathy, and genuineness.

Family systems theory

A theory viewing the family as interconnected parts with consistent patterns and unstated rules, operating through enmeshed or disengaged structures.

Interpersonal psychotherapy

A treatment focused on addressing four interpersonal problem areas (losses, disputes, transitions, and deficits) with a course limit of around 20 sessions.

Group therapy

A treatment format where people with similar problems meet with a therapist, typically operating on a humanistic-existential model.

Community mental health treatment programs

Programs where clients receive treatment in familiar social surroundings as they try to recover, incorporating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Lens of intersectionality

A perspective that considers an individual's potential membership to multiple diverse groups.

Equifinality

The concept in psychopathology where different perspectives, origins, or pathways lead to the same clinical outcome.

Multifinality

The concept in psychopathology where the same initial effects or conditions lead to different clinical outcomes.