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CSU: Therapy 2015
Vocabulary for therapy and treatment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asylum | Institution created for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders |
| Aversive conditioning | Counterconditioning technique that pairs an unpleasant stimulant with an undesirable behavior |
| Behavior therapy | Therapeutic orientation that employs principles of learning to help clients change undesirable behaviors |
| Biomedical therapy | Treatment that involves medication and/or medical procedures to treat psychological disorders |
| Cognitive therapy | Form of psychotherapy that focuses on how a person’s thoughts lead to feelings of distress, with the aim of helping them change these irrational thoughts |
| Cognitive-behavioral therapy | Form of psychotherapy that aims to change cognitive distortions and self- defeating behaviors |
| Comorbid disorder | Individual who has two or more diagnoses, which often includes a substance abuse diagnosis and another psychiatric diagnosis, such as depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia |
| Confidentiality | Therapist cannot disclose confidential communications to any third party, unless mandated or permitted by law |
| Counterconditioning | Classical conditioning therapeutic technique in which a client learns a new response to a stimulus that has previously elicited an undesirable behavior |
| Couples therapy | Two people in an intimate relationship, such as husband and wife, who are having difficulties and are trying to resolve them with therapy |
| Cultural competence | Therapist’s understanding and attention to issues of race, culture, and ethnicity in providing treatment |
| deinstitutionalization | process of closing large asylums and integrating people back into the community where they can be treated locally |
| dream analysis | technique in psychoanalysis in which patients recall their dreams and the psychoanalyst interprets them to reveal unconscious desires or struggles |
| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) | type of biomedical therapy that involves using an electrical current to induce seizures in a person to help alleviate the effects of severe depression |
| exposure therapy | counterconditioning technique in which a therapist seeks to treat a client’s fear or anxiety by presenting the feared object or situation with the idea that the person will eventually get used to it |
| family therapy | special form of group therapy consisting of one or more families |
| free association | technique in psychoanalysis in which the patient says whatever comes to mind at the moment |
| group therapy | treatment modality in which 5–10 people with the same issue or concern meet together with a trained clinician |
| humanistic therapy | therapeutic orientation aimed at helping people become more self-aware and accepting of themselves |
| individual therapy | treatment modality in which the client and clinician meet one-on-one |
| intake | therapist’s first meeting with the client in which the therapist gathers specific information to address the client’s immediate needs |
| involuntary treatment | therapy that is mandated by the courts or other systems |
| nondirective therapy | therapeutic approach in which the therapist does not give advice or provide interpretations but helps the person identify conflicts and understand feelings |
| play therapy | therapeutic process, often used with children, that employs toys to help them resolve psychological problems |
| psychoanalysis | therapeutic orientation developed by Sigmund Freud that employs free association, dream analysis, and transference to uncover repressed feelings |
| psychotherapy (also, psychodynamic psychotherapy) | psychological treatment that employs various methods to help someone overcome personal problems, or to attain personal growth |
| rational emotive therapy (RET) | form of cognitive-behavioral therapy |
| relapse | repeated drug use and/or alcohol use after a period of improvement from substance abuse |
| Rogerian (client-centered therapy) | non-directive form of humanistic psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers that emphasizes unconditional positive regard and self-acceptance |
| strategic family therapy | therapist examines and discusses with the family the boundaries and structure of the family: who makes the rules, who sleeps in the bed with whom, how decisions are made, and what are the boundaries within the family |
| systematic desensitization | form of exposure therapy used to treat phobias and anxiety disorders by exposing a person to the feared object or situation through a stimulus hierarchy |
| token economy | controlled setting where individuals are reinforced for desirable behaviors with tokens (e.g., poker chip) that be exchanged for items or privileges |
| transference | process in psychoanalysis in which the patient transfers all of the positive or negative emotions associated with the patient’s other relationships to the psychoanalyst |
| unconditional positive regard | fundamental acceptance of a person regardless of what they say or do; term associated with humanistic psychology |
| virtual reality exposure therapy | uses a simulation rather than the actual feared object or situation to help people conquer their fears |
| voluntary treatment | therapy that a person chooses to attend in order to obtain relief from her symptoms |
| structural family therapy | therapist examines and discusses with the family the boundaries and structure of the family: who makes the rules, who sleeps in the bed with whom, how decisions are made, and what are the boundaries within the family |
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