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Psychotherapy

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The treatment for psychological disorders that uses psychological rather than biological means and primarily involves conversations between patient and therapist

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Insight Therapies

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Any type of psychotherapy based on the notion that psychological well-being depends on self-understanding

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Psychoanalysis

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The psychotherapy that uses free association, analysis of resistance, dream analysis and transference to uncover repressed memories, impulses and conflicts thought to cause psychological disorder

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Free Association

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A psychoanalytic technique used to explore the unconscious; patients reveal whatever thoughts or images come to mind

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Resistance

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In psychoanalytic therapy, the patient's attempts to avoid expressing or revealing painful or embarrassing thoughts or feelings

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Transference

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An intense emotional situation occurring in psychoanalysis when one comes to behave toward the analyst as one had behaved toward a significant figure from the past

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Person-Centred Therapy

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A non-directive, humanistic therapy in which the therapist creates a warm, accepting atmosphere, thus freeing clients to be themselves and releasing their natural tendency toward positive growth; developed by Carl Rogers

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Non-Directive Therapy

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An approach in which the therapist acts to facilitate growth, giving understanding and support rather than proposing solutions, answering questions or actively directing the course of the therapy

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Unconditional Positive Regard

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A condition required of person-centred therapists, involving a caring for and acceptance of clients regardless of the client's feelings, thoughts or behaviour

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Gestalt Therapy

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A therapy originated by Fritz Perls that emphasizes the importance of clients fully experiencing, in the present moment, their feelings, thoughts and actions and then taking responsibility for their feelings and behaviour

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Directive Therapy

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An approach to therapy in which the therapist takes an active role in determining the course of the therapy sessions and provides answers and suggestions to the patient

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Relationship Therapies

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Therapies that look not only at individual struggles but also at interpersonal relationships

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Traditional Behavioural Couples Therapy (TBCT)

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An approach to couples therapy that focuses on behaviour change

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Integrated Behavioural Couples Therapy (IBCT)

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A type of couples therapy that emphasizes both behaviour change and mutual acceptance

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Family Therapy

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Therapy involving an entire family, with the goal of helping family members reach agreement on changes that will help heal the family unit, improve communication problems and create more understanding and harmony within the group

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Group Therapy

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A form fg therapy in which several clients meet regularly with 1-2 therapists to resolve personal problems

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Psychodrama

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A group therapy in which one group member acts out a personal problem situation or relationship, assisted by other members, to gain insight into the problem

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Encounter Groups

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Intense emotional group experiences designed to promote personal growth and self-knowledge; participants are encouraged to let down their defenses and relate honestly and openly with one another

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Behaviour Therapy

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A treatment approach that employs the principles of operant conditioning, classical conditioning and/or observational learning theory to eliminate inappropriate or maladaptive behaviours and replace them with more adaptive responses

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Behaviour Modification

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The systematic application of the learning principles of operant conditioning, classical conditioning or observational learning to eliminate undesirable behaviour and/or encourage desirable behaviour

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Token Economies

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Behavioural techniques used to encourage desirable behaviours by reinforcing them with tokens that can be exchanged later for desired objects, activities and/or privileges

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Time Out

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A behavioural technique used to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviour; involves withdrawing an individual from all reinforcement for a period of time

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Systematic Desensitization

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A behaviour therpay, used to treat phobias, that involves training clients in deep muscle relaxation and then having them confront a graduated series of anxiety-producing situations (real or imagined) until they can remain relaxed while confronting even the most feared situation

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Flooding

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A behavioural therapy used to treat phobias; clients are exposed to the feared object or event for an extended period until their anxiety decreases

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Exposure and Response Prevention

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A behaviour therapy that exposes OCD patients to objects or situations generating increasing anxiety; patients must agree not to carry out their normal rituals for a specified period of time after exposure

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Aversion Therapy

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A behaviour therapy used to rid clients of a harmful or socially undesirable behaviour by pairing it with a painful, sickening or aversive stimulus until the behaviour becomes associated with pain and discomfort

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Participant Modeling

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A behaviour therapy in which an appropriate response is modelled in graduated steps and the client attempts each step, while encouraged and supported by the therapist

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Cognitive Therapies

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Any therapies designed to change maladaptive thoughts and behaviour, based on the assumption that maladaptive behaviour can result from one's irrational thoughts, beliefs and ideas

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Rational-Emotive Therapy

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A directive, confrontational psychotherapy designed to challenge and modify the client;s irrational beliefs, which are thought to cause personal distress; developed by Albert Ellis

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Automatic Thoughts

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Unreasonable and unquestioned ideas that rule a person;s life and lead to depression and anxiety

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Beck's Cognitive Therapy

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A brief cognitive therapy for depression and anxiety, designed to help people recognize their automatic thoughts and replace them with more objective thoughts

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Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

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A therapy based on the belief that changing how a person thinks about a situation can result in changes in how a person feels and behaves in that situation, even if the situation itself does not change

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Biological Therapy

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A therapy based on the assumption that most mental disorders have physical causes; attempts to change or influence the biological mechanism involved

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Antipsychotic Drugs

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Drugs used to control severe psychotic symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations (AKA neuroleptics or major tranquilizers)

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Antidepressants

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Drugs that are prescribed to treat depression and some anxiety disorders

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

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A treatment in which an electric current is passed through the brain, causing a seizure, usually reserved for the severely depressed who are either suicidal or unresponsive to other treatment

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Psychosurgery

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Brain surgery to treat some severe, persistent and debilitating psychological disorders or severe chronic pain

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Lobotomy

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A psychosurgery technique in which the nerve fibres connecting the frontal lobes to the deeper brain centres are severed

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Clinical Psychologist

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A psychologist, usually with a PHd, trained in the diagnosis, treatment and/or research of psychological and behavioural disorders

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Psychiatrist

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A medical doctor with a specialty in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

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Psychoanalyst

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A professional, usually a psychiatrist, with specialized training in psychoanalysis

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Drug Therapy

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Most frequently used biomedical treatment

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

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New therapy that assumes that traumatic info is not fully processed. Patient needs to correct or complete processing the info to allow for a more adaptive thinking. Therapist directs patient's eye movements as the patient processes disturbing experiences

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