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Psychotherapy |
An interaction between a socially sanctioned clinician and someone suffering from a psychological problem, with the goal of providing support or relief from the problem. |
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Eclectic Psychotherapy |
A form of psychotherapy that involves drawing on techniques from different forms of therapy, depending on the client and the problem. |
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy |
Explore childhood events and encourage individuals to use this understanding to develop insight into their psychological problems. |
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Resistance |
A reluctance to cooperate with treatment for fear of confronting unpleasant unconscious material. |
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Transference |
When the analyst begins to assume a major significance in the client's life and the client reacts to the analyst based on unconscious childhood fantasies. |
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy |
A form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping clients improve current relationships. |
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Person-Centered Therapy (Client-Centered Therapy) |
Assumes that all individuals have a tendency toward growth and that this growth can be facilitated by acceptance and genuine reactions from the therapist. |
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Gestalt Therapy |
Has the goal of helping the client become aware of his or er thoughts, behaviours, experiences, and feeling and to "own" or take responsibility for them. |
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Behaviour Therapy |
Disordered behaviour is learned and that symptom relief is achieved through changing overt maladaptive behaviours into more constructive behaviours. |
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Token Economy |
Giving clients "tokens" for desired behaviours, which they can later trade from rewards. |
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Exposure Therapy |
Confronting an emotion-arousing stimulus directly and repeatedly, ultimately leading to a decrease in the emotional response. |
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Cognitive Therapy |
Helping a client identify and correct any distorted thinking about self, others, or the world. |
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Cognitive Restructuring |
Involves teaching clients to question the automatic beliefs, assumptions, and predictions that often lead to negative emotions and to replace negative thinking with more realistic and positive beliefs. |
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Mindfulness Meditation |
Teaches an individual to be fully present in each moment; to be aware of his or her thoughts, feelings, and sensations; and to detect symptoms before they become a problem. |
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) |
A blend of cognitive and behavioural therapeutic strategies. |
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Group Therapy |
A technique in which multiple participants (who often do not know one another at the outset) work on their individual problems in a group atmosphere. |
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Antipsychotic Drugs |
Treat schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. |
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Psychopharmacology |
The study of drug effects on psychological sates and symptoms. |
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Antianxiety Medications |
Drugs that help reduce a person's experience of fear or anxiety. |
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Antidepressants |
A class of drugs that help lift people's moods. |
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT; Shock Therapy) |
A treatment that involves inducing a brief seizure by delivering an electrical shock to the brain. |
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) |
A treatment that involves placing a powerful pulsed magnet over a person's scalp, which alters neuronal activity in the brain. |
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Phototherapy |
A therapy that involves repeated exposure to bright light. |
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Psychosurgery |
The surgical destruction of specific brain areas. |
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Placebo |
An inert substance or procedure that has been applied with the expectation that a healing response will be produced. |
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Iatrogenic Illness |
A disorder or symptom that occurs as a result of a medical or psychotherapeutic treatment itself. |
