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| Sociocultural (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Problems reflect cultural values and belief |
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| Biological (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Problems with brain function, genetic predispostion, biochemistry. |
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| Cognitive (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Pyschoanalytic/psychodynamic (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Unconcious, Unresolved Conflict |
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| Behavioral (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Inappropriate conditioning or modeling |
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| Evolutionary (Abnormal Behavior) |
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| Exaggerated form of an adaptive reaction |
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| Humanistic (Abnormal Behavior) |
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- Treatment methods comprise discussion, avice, emotional support, persuasion, conditioning procedures, relaxation training, role playing, biofeedback, group and family therapy, etc.
- Three major categories of Tx: insight therapies {i.e..pyschoanalysis
, behavior therapies, biomedical therapies {medication, ECT}
- 15% of US population seeks help each year., most commonly for anxiety and depression
-Tx, however, does not need an identified psychological disorder |
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- Friends, relative, clergy, primary care physicians not considered psychotherapy
-clinical psychologists and counseling psychologists specialize in diagnosis and treatmentof psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems... must have PsyD, PhD, or an EdD
-Psychiatrists are physicians who specalize in diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders they can prescirbe.. All MDs
-Also, clinical social workers {LCSW, LSW}, psychiatric nurses, counselors |
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| verbal interactions intended to enhance clients self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior. |
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| an insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses, through techniques like free association, trensference and dream interpretation. |
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| clients spontaneously express their throught and feelings exactly as they occur, with as little censorship as possible |
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| the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams |
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| Interpretation (Insight Therapies) |
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| refers to the therapist's attempts to explaint he inner significance of the client's thought, feelings, memories, and behaviors |
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| Resistance (insight therapies) |
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refers to the largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy
-show up late
-express hostility
-claim to not know
-pretend to free associate |
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| occurs when clients unconsciously start relating to the therapist in ways that mimic critical relationships in their lives |
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| refers to the feelings the therapist develops about the cliet. May be rooted in the patient's behavior or a produce of the therapist's unconscious. |
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emphasizes providing a supportive emotional climate for clients, who play a major role in determing the pace and direction of their own therapy..
founder: Carl Rogers |
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| an insight therapy that emphasizes recongnizing and changing negative thoughts about malaadaptive beliefs |
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| a recovery from a disorder that occurs without formal treatment |
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| systematic desensitization |
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| a behavior therapy used to reduce phobic clients' anxiety rsponses through counter conditions |
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