DM: Identification
- Process by which qualities of an external object are absorbed into one's personality
Ex: A woman decides to become a psychologist because her mom is one.
DM: Intellectualization
Process by which content is separated from repressed affect
DM: Reaction Formation
A boy is interested in a girl but acts aloof and disinterested when around her.
Projection
Placing unacceptable impulses from one person to another
DM: Sublimation
Displacing unacceptable instincts for constructive and socially acceptable behaviors
Wernicke's encephalopathy
most serious form of thiamine deficiency in alcoholic patients
Antabuse
Alcohol Abuse Therapy Adjunct
Korsakoff's syndrome
an alcohol related disorder marked by extreme confusion, memory impairment, and other neurological symptoms
Privilege
The premise and understanding between therapist and client that the information revealed by the client will not be divulged to others without expressed permission; Courts often honor this unless there is a risk of public danger or threat to the public goo
Consultation
A problem-solving process in which advice and other helping activity is offered to an individual, group, organization, or community that is faced with a problem
Extinction
In behavior modification, the elimination or weakening of a conditioned response by discontinuing the reinforcement after the response occurs.