CH13 Psych Notes

Psychotherapy – Treatment involving psychological techniques to help someone overcome difficulties or achieve personal growth.

Biomedical Therapy – Prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on a person’s physiology.

Eclectic Approach – Using techniques from various forms of therapy depending on the client’s needs.

Psychoanalysis – Freud’s therapeutic technique focusing on free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences.

Resistance – Blocking anxiety-laden material from consciousness.

Transference – The patient’s transfer of emotions linked with other relationships onto the therapist.

Client-Centered Therapy – Carl Rogers’ humanistic therapy emphasizing active listening and unconditional positive regard.

Cognitive Therapy – Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking.

Behavior Therapy – Therapy that applies learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors.

Systematic Desensitization – A type of exposure therapy that gradually reduces anxiety by pairing relaxation techniques with feared stimuli.

Aversive Conditioning – A behavioral therapy that associates an unpleasant state (like nausea) with an unwanted behavior (like drinking alcohol).

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – A widely used therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing thoughts) with behavior therapy (changing actions).

Group Therapy – Therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, providing social support and interaction.

Family Therapy – Therapy that treats the family as a system, helping individuals improve communication and resolve conflicts.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) – A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients that involves sending electrical currents through the brain.

Lobotomy – A now-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients.

Psychodynamic Therapies (neo-freudian) - Try to uncover the unconscious mind

Interpretation of Dreams
Free association is a practice of allowing the patient to discuss thoughts, dreams, memories, or words regardless of coherency

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