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active listening empathic listening in which the listeners echoes, restates, and clarifies. A feature of Rogers’ client-centered therapy.
aversive conditioning a type of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)
behavior therapy therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
client-centered therapy a humanistic therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, acccepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients’ growth
cognitive therapy therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
cognitive-behavior therapy a popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating behavior) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)
counterconditioning a behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwatned behaviors; based on classical conditioning. Includes systematic desensitization and aversive conditioning
eclectic approach an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client’s problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient
family therapy therapy that treats the family as a system. Views an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by or directed at other family members; attempts to guide family members toward positive relationships and improved communication.
interpretation in psychoanalysis, the analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviours in order to promote insight
lithium a chemical that provides an effective drug therapy for the mood swings of bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders
lobotomy a now-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cuts the nerves that connect the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.
meta-analysis a procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies
psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud’s therapeutic technique. Freud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences – and the therapist’s interpretations of them – released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight
psychopharmacology the study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
psychosurgery surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
psychotherapy an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
resistance in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material
systematic desensitization a type of counterconditioning that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias.
token economy an operant conditioning procedure that rewards desired behavior. A patient exchanges a token of some sort, earned for exhibiting the desired behavior, for various privileges or treats.
transference in psychoanalysis, the patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)