Unit 9 Therapy study guide (Psychotherapy, Biomedical)

Psychoanalytic Cause of mental illness

Repressed childhood trauma impacting behaviors unconsciously

Psychoanalytic Goal in treatment

Access repressed childhood traumatic experiences and bring them to conscious mind

Free Association

Allowing client to talk freely until points of resistance are reached

Transference

Displacing emotions onto therapist due to repressed childhood trauma

Projective Tests

Techniques like TAT and Ink Blot to project unconscious mind onto others

Dream Analysis

Analyzing dreams to find traumatic childhood experiences

Cognitive Cause of mental illness

Thoughts about events impacting emotions

Cognitive Goal in treatment

Change/challenge thought process to change behavior

Rational Emotive Therapy

Challenging beliefs causing emotions

Cognitive Distortions

Identifying and challenging clouded perceptions

Humanistic Cause of mental illness

Stagnation between real vs ideal self

Humanistic Goal in treatment

Overlap real & ideal self to reach self-actualization

Unconditional Positive Regard

Acceptance of one's beliefs

Empathetic Listening

Providing a space for clients to feel heard

Behavioral Cause of mental illness

Learned associations driving behaviors

Behavioral Goal in treatment

Break old associations and learn new ones

Counterconditioning

Changing old associations, focused on anxiety disorders

Exposure Therapy

Exposing to fears to change negative associations

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

Using VR to expose to fears

Aversive Conditioning

Changing positive associations to negative ones

Token Economy

Manipulating rewards and punishments for desired behavior

Eclectic Approach

Combining different therapeutic approaches

Group Therapy

Sessions with others suffering from similar issues

Family Therapy

Sessions involving family members

Biomedical Cause of mental illness

Chemical imbalances and genetic defects

Biomedical Goal in treatment

Changing biological factors to help psychological issues

Drug Therapies

Using drugs to fix chemical imbalances

Lobotomy

Cutting connections in the brain to treat mental illness