psychotherapy
te treatment of psycological disorders using psychological methods, such as analyzing problems, talking about possible solutions, and encouraging more adaptive ways of thinking and acting
psychiatrists
medical doctors who specialize in the treatment of mental disorders,
biological treatments and some psychotherapy
what do psychiatrists use
psychologists
people who practice some form of psycotherapy, many have phd's in clinical or counseling psychology and advanced specialty training
psychoanalysis
a method of psychotherapy seeking to help clients gain insight by recognizing, understanding, and dealing with the unconscious thoughts and emotions presumed to cause their problems
client centered or person centered therapy
developed by carl rodgers and assumes that a client has a drive toward self-actualization
based on a relationship between a client and a therapist that is characterized by unconditional positive regard, empathy, adnd congrugance
client centered therapy is
do not give advice
client centered therapists
acceptance of unconditional positive regard
attitude of total acceptance and respect that a therapist must have toward a client to create a therapeutic environment
empathy
an important feature of client centered therapy involving a therapist trying to see the world as the client sees it by not only listening attentively but also reflecting
reflection
a metod used in client centered therapy in which the therapist restates or paraprases a client's responses in order to show that she is listening and to help the client become more in touch with his feelings
congruence or genuineness
refers to a consistancy in a therapist's feelings and behavior toward a client
gestalt therapy
a form of humanistic treatment developed by Frederick Perls, in which the terapist takes an active and directive role in helping the client become aware of denied feelings and impulses and learn how to discard foreign feelings, ideas and attitudes and become more self accepting
behaviorial therapy
uses the principles of classical conditioning to change behavior by helping or teaching clients to act and think different in which an incorrectly learned association between the CS and a UCS is destroyed
behavioral modification
uses the principles of operant conditioning to change behavior
cognitive behavioral therapy
attempts to pinpoint thought patterns that lead to depression, anger, or anxiety and replace tem with constructive thought patterns
systematic desentization
a behavioral therapy method based on classical conditioning that is especially effective in the treatment of phobias and seeks to extinguish the fear response by pairing fear producing stimuli with calm relaxing feelings
flooding
a behavioral technique used to treat phobias in which a client is placed in a feard but harmless situation and prevented from escaping realizes that there is no reason to be afraid
exposure techniques
behavioral therapy methods in which clients remain in the presence of strong anxiety provoking stimuli until the intensity of their emotional reactions decrease