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| the genuine, open, and honest response of the therapist to the client. |
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| form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of behavior. |
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| Behavior modification or applied behavior |
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| the use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behavior. |
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| therapy in which the focus is on helping clients recognize distortions in their thinking and replace distorted, unrealistic beliefs with more realistic, helpful thoughts. |
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| therapy style that results from combining elements of several different therapy techniques. |
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| a structured way of listening and responding to others. |
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| the 'capacity' to share and understand another's 'state of mind' or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself |
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| form of directive insight therapy in which the therapist helps clients to accept all parts of their feelings and subjective experiences, using leading questions and planned experiences such as role-playing. |
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| the symbolic or hidden meaning of dreams |
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| an insight therapy based on the theory of Freud, emphasizing the revealing of unconscious conflicts. |
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| a newer and more general term for therapies based on psychoanalysis, with an emphasis on transference, shorter treatment times, and a more direct therapeutic approach. |
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| Rational-emotive behavior therapy |
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| cognitive-behavior therapy in which clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements. |
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| therapy technique in which the therapist restates what the client says rather than interpreting those statements. |
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| occurring when a patient becomes reluctant to talk about a certain topic, either changing the subject or becoming silent. |
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| Systematic desensitization |
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| behavior technique used to treat phobias, in which a client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears. |
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| the use of objects called tokens to reinforce behavior in which the tokens can be accumulated and exchanged for desired items or privileges. |
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| In pyschoanalysis, the tendency for a patient or client to project positive or negative feelings for important people from the past onto the therapist. |
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| Unconditional positive regard |
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| referring to the warmth, respect, and accepting atmosphere created by the therapist for the client in person-centered therapy. |
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