Psych 15 Therapy

widely used technique of behavior therapy, systematic desensitization- Joseph Wolfe. one cannot simultaneously be ____ and ____

(exposure therapies) anxious, relaxed

____ therapists work with patients only ____ _ ____ and for only a few weeks or months. They focus on ____ across important relationships

Psychodynamic, once a week, themes

Roger's technique of restating and clarifying what a person is saying is called ____ ____

active listening

1st step in systematic desensitization is the construction of a hierarchy of ____-____ ____

anxiety, arousing, stimuli

____ therapies include the use of prescribed ____ and medical procedures that act directly on the patients ____ system

biomedical, medications, nervous

one cluster of behavior therapies is based on the principles of ____ ____, as developed in Pavlov's experiments. This technique in which a new, incompatible response is substituted for a maladaptive one, is called ____

classical conditioning, counterconditioning

____-centered therapy is ____ and based on Rodger's theory.

client, humanistic

Therapists who adopt psychosocial view blend several psychotherapy techniques and so are said to take an ____ approach

eclectic

Two examples of counterconditioning are

exposure therapy, aversive conditioning

pateitn says whatever comes to mind, Freud's technique

free association

To promote growth in clients, Rogerian therapists exhibit ____, ____, and ____

genuineness, acceptance, empathy

____ therapies attempt to help people meet their potential for self fulfillment

humanistic

goal of Freud's psychoanalysis, which is based on his personality theory, is to help the patient gain ____

insight

interpersonal psychotherapy aims to help gain ____ into the roots of their difficulties, and focuses on ____ ____ rather than past hurts

insight, current relationships,

____ ____ is a brief alternative to psychodynamic therapy that has provn effective with ____ patients

interpersonal psychotherapy, depressed

Insight is facilitated by the analyst's ____ of the meaning of such omissions, of dreams and of thier information revealed during therapy sessions,

interpretation

A dream's ____ ____ is its hidden meaning

latent content

behavior therapy applies principles of ____ to eliminate troubling behaviors

learning

In aversive conditioning, therapist attempts to substitute a ____ response for one that is currently ____ to a harmful stimulus

negative, positive

client-centered therapy is described as ____ therapy because the therapy does not ____ the person's problems.

non directive, interpret

Therapies that influence behavior by controlling its consequences are bases on principles of ____ conditioning.

operant

three tips for listening more actively in your own relationships:

paraphrase, invite clarification, reflect feelings

the 2nd step involves training in ____ ____

progressive, relaxation

critics point out that psychoanalysts interpretations are hard to ____ or ____, and that therapy takes a long time and is very ____

prove, disprove, expensive

Therapists who are influenced by Freud's psychoanalysis but who talk to the patient face to face are ____ therapists.

psychodynamic

mental health therapies are classified as either ____ or ____

psychological, biomedical

Closely related to eclectic approach is ____ ____, which attempts to combine methods into a single, coherent system

psychotherapy integration

Psychological therapy is more commonly called ____. This type of therapy is appropriate for disorders that are ____.

psychotherapy, learned

key aspects of behavior modification are ____ desired behaviors and ____ reinforcement for undesired behaviors

reinforcing, withholding

final step, person is trained to associate the ____ state w the ____-arousing stimuli

relaxed, anxiety

Freud assumed that many psychological problems originate in childhood impulses and conflicts that have been ____

repressed

psychoanalysts attempt to bring ____ feelings into ____ conscious awareness where they can be dealt with.

repressed, conscious

In the course of therapy when a person omits shameful or embarassing material, ____ is occuring

resistance

one application of this form of therapy (operant conditioning) to institutional settings is the ____ ____, which rewards desired behavior

token economy

strong feelings similar to those experienced in other relationships develop, ____ occurs

transference

Given a nonjudgemental environment that provides ____ ____ ____, patients are better able to accept themselves as they are and to feel valued and whole.

unconditional positive regard

aversive conditioning: a person's ____behaviors become associated with ____ feelings. In the long run, aversive conditioing ____ work

unwanted, unpleasant, does not

alternative to systematic desensitization due to patient being unable to visually imagine an anxiety-arousing situation

virtual reality exposure