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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perfidious | Of a man: faithless, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. deceitful and untrustworthy. treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, two faced. |
| imperious | assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. "his imperious demands" |
| deleterious | causing harm or damage. |
| fecundity | Fecundity means fruitfulness and fertility, the ability to produce abundant healthy growth or offspring. What a wonderful word fecundity is! It refers to a powerful productivity, usually in the area of natural growth, either from the earth or by human reproduction. But it can also be used to describe great mental ability and creativity, the ability to create intellectual products. In any case, fecundity has a positive sense, suggesting healthy growth of life-forms and mental abilities. |
| mandala | A mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Asian cultures. It can be understood in two different ways: externally as a visual representation of the universe or internally as a guide for several practices that take place in many Asian traditions, including meditation. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the belief is that by entering the mandala and proceeding towards its center, you are guided through the cosmic process of transforming the universe from one of suffering into one of joy and happiness. |
| prescriptive | giving exact rules, directions, or instructions about how you should do something |
| proscriptive | he act of proscribing : the state of being proscribed. : an imposed restraint or restriction : prohibition. proscriptive. |
| difference between prescriptive and proscriptive | Prescriptive morality is sensitive to positive outcomes, activation-based, and focused on what we should do. Proscriptive morality is sensitive to negative outcomes, inhibition-based, and focused on what we should not do. Prescriptive = what we should do. Proscriptive = what we should not do. |
| Dance and Movement | a) Dance and movement Therapy (DMT) b) therapeutic dance c) yoga |
| ADTA | American Dance Therapy Association |
| Yoga | focuses on connecting the five layers of human existence that include the physical body, breath, mind, astral realm, and bliss or pure consciousness |
| kinesthetic | relating to a person's awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints. "kinesthetic learning through a physical activity" |
| cohort | a group that shares a specific set of circumstances over time. |
| emotive | arousing or able to arouse intense feeling. "animal experimentation is an emotive subject" expressing a person's feelings rather than being neutrally or objectively descriptive. "the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic" |
| heteronomous | subjection to something else. especially : a lack of moral freedom or self-determination. Heteronomy (alien rule) is the cultural and spiritual condition when traditional norms and values become rigid external demands threatening to destroy individual freedom. |
| androcentric | focused or centered on men. "I would like to consider the dominant role of men in an androcentric, patriarchal society" is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing a masculine point of view at the center of one's world view, culture, and history, thereby culturally marginalizing femininity. The related adjective is androcentric, while the practice of placing the feminine point of view at the center is gynocentric. |
| gynocentric | Gynocentrism is a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice.[1] Anything can be gynocentric when it is considered exclusively with a female point of view in mind.[2] |
| Pedagogy | Pedagogy, pronounced “peh-duh-gow-jee,” is a term that refers to the method of how teachers teach, in theory and in practice. Pedagogy is formed by an educator's teaching beliefs and concerns the interplay between culture and different ways to learn. |
| psychically | 1. in a way that relates to the human soul or mind, or to mental phenomena; psychologically: 2. in a way that relates to phenomena outside natural or scientific knowledge; spiritually: 3. by means of or in a way that relates to nonphysical or supernatural influences, forces, or powers: |
| esoteric | intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. |
| nascent | just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. |
| salient | Most noticeable or important |
| oogenesis | the production or development of an ovum |
| epigenetic | relating to or arising from nongenetic influences on gene expression. |
| PPN/PPP | Pre-and Perinatal Psychology |
| Perinatal | relating to the time, usually a number of weeks, immediately before and after birth. |
| teratogenic | is any agent that causes an abnormality following fetal exposure during pregnancy. Teratogens are usually discovered after an increased prevalence of a particular birth defect. For example, in the early 1960's, a drug known as thalidomide was used to treat morning sickness. |
| APGAR | Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration |
| apoptosis | the death of cells which occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development. |
| neonate | a newborn child (or other mammal). an infant less than four weeks old. |
| etiology | the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition. the investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often expressed in terms of historical or mythical explanation. |
| askance | with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval. |
| egocentrism | the inability to see someone else's perspective or point of view. |
| conservation | the idea that a mass, distance, number, and so forth, remains constant regardless of how it is subdivided. |
| schema | a knowledge structure that allows organisms to interpret and understand the world around them. |
| accommodation | new information is received that does not fit clearly or cleanly into an existing scheme and therefore changes it. |
| assimilation | we take in information and organize it based on our existing scheme. |
| equilibration | taking new information and assimilating or accommodating it. |
| prototype | are those that are considered to be most important or representative of the category as a whole |
| SCLT | Social Cognitive Learning Theory |
| monotropy | A unique and close attachment to one person - the primary attachment figure. |
| attachment hierarchy | one's collection of others that are looked upon to fulfill various attachment needs. These figures are presumably arranged in a preference hierarchy according to whom the individual would most like to meet his or her attachment needs. Adult Attachment Figures. |
| 4 stages of attachment | Stages of attachment have been identified by a number of researchers. For example, Schaffer and Emerson suggested that attachments develop in four stages: asocial stage or pre-attachment (first few weeks), indiscriminate attachment (approximately 6 weeks to 7 months), specific attachment or discriminate attachment (approximately 7-9 months) and multiple attachment (approximately 10 months onwards). |
| Secure Base | A secure base is provided through a relationship with one or more sensitive and responsive attachment figures who meet the child's needs and to whom the child can turn as a safe haven, when upset or anxious. |
| internal working model of relationships | a mental representation formed through a child's early experiences with their primary caregiver. This mental representation influences how the child interacts and builds relationships with others as they grow. It also explains the differences in human behavior among people. |
| fear system | The fear-defense system is an innate system organizing hard-wired species-typical defensive responses to threats that promote survival [14,24,29]. The activation of the defensive behavior starts with an arousal reaction processed by the amygdala occurring without conscious awareness [24,27] |
| alexithymia | is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, and various other conditions. It can occur with autism. |
| liberatory | Liberatory thinking is the re- imagining of one's assumptions and beliefs about others and their capabilities by interrupting internal beliefs that undermine productive relationships and actions |
| Subjugated | bring under domination or control, especially by conquest. "the invaders had soon subjugated most of the native population" |
| Immersion | the action of immersing someone or something in a liquid. "his back was still raw from immersion in the icy Atlantic Ocean" deep mental involvement. "his immersion in Jewish culture" a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language, usually at a special school. |
| Emersion | the process or state of emerging from or being out of water after being submerged. |
| hyper-rational thinking | Intense and exclusive focus on the rational processing of everything, including relationships. Can be perceived as cold, distant, and intellectually arrogant. Characteristics: Intense and active mind, sometimes coming across as intellectually arrogant or secretive. |
| suffuse | To spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe. |
| antipodes | Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed. |
| comity | 1. Courtesy and considerate behavior towards others; social harmony. 2. Friendly understanding and mutual recognition between two entities, especially nations. |
| e.g. | abbreviation for exempli gratia: a Latin phrase that means "for example." It can be pronounced as "e.g." or "for example." |
| raucous | 1. Harsh and rough-sounding. 2. Disorderly and boisterous. 3. Loud and annoying. |
| fictive kin | an individual who is not related by birth, adoption, or marriage to a child, but who has an emotionally significant relationship with the child. |
| otherfathering | Otherfathering is when a male presents as a significant role model to a person who is not his birth child (Brooms, 2017). |
| Identity foreclosure | Identity foreclosure happens when someone accepts without question the values, skills, goals, and overall worth someone else has assigned to them. This often happens in young people hearing from teachers, parents, or peer groups. |
| Adultification | is the term used to define how Black children are viewed as older than they are. Systemic racism has forced Black children into social, emotional, and physical adult roles before they are adults, contributing to adultification. |
| Egalitarianism | Egalitarianism is a philosophy based on equality, namely that all people are equal and deserve equal treatment in all things. As an idea, it can be looked at in terms of its implications for individuals in both an economic and legal capacity. |
| social construct | A social construct is a concept that exists not in objective reality, but as a result of human interaction. It exists because humans agree that it exists |
| racial identity vs ethnic identity | In basic terms, race describes physical traits, and ethnicity refers to cultural identification. Race may also be identified as something you inherit, whereas ethnicity is something you learn. |
| nigrescence | is a word with a Latin origin. It describes a process of becoming black or developing a racial identity. Nigrescence extends through history and impacts those victimized by racism and white supremacy. Recent psychological adaptations instigated identity formation for persons of African American descent. |
| etic | adjective: ANTHROPOLOGY relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural, and objective in its perspective. "is there a valid cross-cultural etic definition of violence?" |
| etic (2) | Etics reflect constructs which apply to phenomena that occur in all cultures. Emics are constructs which occur in only one culture. For example, in all cultures ingroup members (family, tribe, co-workers, co-religionists) are treated better than outgroup members (enemies, strangers, outsiders). That is an etic. |
| emic (E mic) | relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture in terms of its internal elements and their functioning rather than in terms of any existing external framework. "accurate ethnographic description from an internal or emic perspective, from the native point of view" |
| transcultural specific | The tran!IOOltural-specific perspective places a high value on culture-specific expertise regarding minority groups, but it also considers a range of issues that crosses many cultures (although with an emphasis on minority cultures because they have been so neglected in research and education). |
| ADRESSING | The ADRESSING model in multicultural counseling emanates from the transcultural-specific perspective. It focuses on ethnic minority cultures that have traditionally been marginalized by the counseling field but incorporates research on a number of nonethnic minority groups to increase the understanding of people of color. |
| geropsychology, | is a specialty in professional psychology that applies the knowledge and methods of psychology to understanding and helping older persons and their families to maintain well-being, overcome problems and achieve maximum potential during later life. |
| ethnocentrism | evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. |
| poignant | painfully affecting the feelings : sharp, piercing. painfully affecting the feelings |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| pungent | being sharp and to the point. having an intense flavor or odor. sharply painful |
| poignant | a (1) : painfully affecting the feelings : PIERCING (2) : deeply affecting : TOUCHING b: designed to make an impression : CUTTING, poignant satire 2 a: pleasurably stimulating b: being to the point : APT 3: pungently pervasive a poignant perfume |
| Parlance | a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest |
| Psychopathology | the scientific study of mental illness or disorders. "Wharton's autobiography ranks high in the annals of psychopathology" |
| Paraphilia | is the experience of recurring or intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. |
| etiology | the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition. "a group of distinct diseases with different etiologies" |
| nosologies | 1. a classification or list of diseases. 2. : a branch of medical science that deals with classification of diseases.a classification or list of diseases. 2. : a branch of medical science that deals with classification of diseases. forms nosologically, nosologic, nosologies, nosological |
| Social constructionism | Social constructivism focuses on the collaborative nature of learning. Knowledge develops from how people interact with each other, their culture, and society at large. Students rely on others to help create their building blocks, and learning from others helps them construct their own knowledge and reality. |
| essentialism | Philosophy. someone who follows the principles of essentialism, believing that the inward, or essential, nature of most things is invariable, as opposed to the properties that are accidental, phenomenal, illusory, etc.: The author calls gender essentialists to account for what she sees as their oversimplification of observed gender differences in children. |
| concomitant | Concomitant means occurring during the same time period. It usually refers to secondary symptoms that occur with a main symptom. |
| amalgam | a mixture or blend. |
| veracity | conformity to facts; accuracy. |
| heuristic | 1. enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves. "a “hands-on” or interactive heuristic approach to learning" 2. COMPUTING proceeding to a solution by trial and error or by rules that are only loosely defined. |
| Habituate | habituated; past participle: habituated make or become accustomed or used to something. "she had habituated the chimps to humans" If you are habituated to something, you have become used to it. [formal] We are all surrounded by and habituated to entertainment. [ + to] More Synonyms of habituated. |
| disabuse | transitive verb. : to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy sense 1a) was quickly disabused of the idea that anything had changed. |
| ipsative | ”ipsative” refers to an assessment instrument (e.g. test) that requires the test-taker to choose from among several options |
| Rogerian | The Rogerian argument (or Rogerian rhetoric) is a form of argumentative reasoning that aims to establish a middle ground between parties with opposing viewpoints or goals. |
| reification | the act of treating a person as a thing; objectification: The conference dealt with the issue of prostitution and the reification and trafficking of women. |
| Complexity theory | can be defined as the study of how order and patterns arise from apparently chaotic systems and conversely how complex behaviour and structures emerge from simple underlying rules. Some of the ideas appear directly relevant to understanding project management from a relationship perspective. |
| pathological | adjective. You describe a person or their behavior as pathological when they behave in an extreme and unacceptable way, and have very powerful feelings that they cannot control. |
| ipseity | “Minimal” self, also referred to as “basic” or “core” self or as “ipseity.” This is a pre reflective, t acit level of selfhood. It refers to the implicit first-person quality of consciousness, ie, the implicit awareness that all experience articulates itself in first person perspective as “my” experience. |
| self-disorder | also called ipseity disturbance, is a psychological phenomenon of disruption or diminishing of a person's minimal self – the fundamental sense that one's experiences are truly one's own. People with self-disorder feel that their internal experiences are actually external; for example, they may experience their own thoughts as coming from outside themselves, whether in the form of true auditory hallucinations or merely as a vague sense that their thoughts do not belong to them. |
| abulia | an absence of willpower or an inability to act decisively, as a symptom of mental illness. |
| Anosognosia | Anosognosia is a neurological condition in which the patient is unaware of their neurological deficit or psychiatric condition. It is associated with mental illness, dementia, and structural brain lesion, as is seen in right hemisphere stroke patients. |
| de novo | adverb from the beginning; anew. "in a pure meritocracy, everyone must begin de novo" adjective starting from the beginning. "a general strategy for de novo protein design" |
| Self-monitoring | Self-monitoring is defined as a personality trait that refers to an ability to regulate behavior to accommodate social situations. |
| sociality | the tendency of groups and persons to develop social links and live in communities. the quality or state of being social. |
| pathologize, pathologizing | gerund or present participle: pathologizing regard or treat (someone or something) as psychologically abnormal or unhealthy. "most of the older theories pathologize same-sex attraction" |
| Postmodernism | Postmodernism asserts that there are no absolute truths, and, instead, there are only different interpretations formed in language. Pragmatism later adds the requirement of utility to the mix. Postmodernism acknowledges how human relationships and communication create vocabularies that interpret our experience – that is, our “realities” are socially constructed. This is also referred to as the linguistic paradigm. |
| differential diagnosis | the process of differentiating between two or more conditions which share similar signs or symptoms. What is a differential diagnosis? Different health conditions often cause similar symptoms. For example, fatigue is a symptom that can be caused by anemia, depression, heart disease, thyroid disease, sleep disorders, and many other conditions. |
| iatrogenic | relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. "drugs may cause side effects which can lead to iatrogenic disease" |
| Operant conditioning | Operant conditioning, sometimes referred to as instrumental conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, behavior that is rewarded is likely to be repeated, and behavior that is punished will rarely occur. |
| limerence | the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship. |
| CPES | The Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES). |
| zeitgeist | the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. "the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s" |
| surreptitiously | in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively. "Mary surreptitiously slipped from the room" 1: done, made, or acquired by stealth : CLANDESTINE 2: acting or doing something clandestinely : STEALTHY |
| daimonic | The term daimonic, having its source in Greek literature [literally, the daimonion], refers to the inner urgings and warnings from the Gods, the pointer to the living out of one's character or destiny. |
| Lebensphilosophie | In its most general sense Lebensphilosophie denotes a philosophy which asks after the meaning, value and purpose of life, turning away from purely theoretical knowledge towards the undistorted fullness of lived experience. |
| salubrious | health-giving; healthy. "salubrious weather" Similar: healthy health-giving healthful beneficial good for one's health wholesome salutary Opposite: unhealthy (of a place) pleasant; not run-down. health-giving; healthy. "salubrious weather" Similar: healthy health-giving healthful beneficial good for one's health wholesome salutary Opposite: unhealthy (of a place) pleasant; not run-down. |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease. unable to assuage their grief. 2. : pacify, quiet. |
| egalitarian | relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. |
| vasovagal | Vasovagal syncope (vay-zoh-VAY-gul SING-kuh-pee) occurs when you faint because your body overreacts to certain triggers, such as the sight of blood or extreme emotional distress. It may also be called neurocardiogenic syncope. The vasovagal syncope trigger causes your heart rate and blood pressure to drop suddenly. |
| heterogeneous | diverse in character or content. |
| homogenious | of the same kind; alike. |
| Amicus | an impartial adviser, often voluntary, to a court of law in a particular case. |
| paucity | Paucity refers to "littleness" in numbers (as in "a paucity of facts") or quantity ("a paucity of common sense"). The word comes from paucus, Latin for "little." |
| Autogynephilia | (derived from Greek for 'love of oneself as a woman') is a term coined by Blanchard for "a male's propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female", intending for the term to refer to "the full gamut of erotically arousing cross-gender behaviors and fantasies". |
| dialectical | relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions. |
| iatrogenic | relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment. For example, a scar is considered an iatrogenic disease, though it doesn't actually hurt the patient and is often an inevitable part of medical procedures. A patient could have negative side effects from certain prescription drugs, either from too high of a dose or due to bad combinations of drugs. |
| comorbidity | the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient. file:///D:/tmp/comorbidity%20-%20Google%20Search.mhtml |
| somatization | The production of recurrent and multiple medical symptoms with no discernible organic cause. "somatization disorder" |
| histrionic | overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style. "a histrionic outburst" Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) |
| Splitting | is a psychological mechanism which allows the person to tolerate difficult and overwhelming emotions by seeing someone as either good or bad, idealised or devalued. This makes it easier to manage the emotions that they are feeling, which on the surface seem to be contradictory. |
| Object relations theory | Object relations theory is that branch of psychodynamic thought that focuses on relationships being more crucial to personality development than are individual drives and abilities |
| rapprochement | The reestablishment of cordial relations, particularly between two countries; a reconciliation. |
| BPD Splitting | the individual with BPD cannot tolerate human inconsistencies and ambiguities; he cannot reconcile another’s good and bad qualities into a constant, coherent understanding of that person. At any particular moment, one is either “good” or “evil”; there is no in-between, no gray area. Nuances and shadings are grasped with great difficulty, if at all. Lovers and mates, mothers and fathers, siblings, friends, and psychotherapists may be idolized one day, totally devalued and dismissed the next. |
| Monotropy | Monotropy is an idea that one of the most famous developmental psychologists, John Bowlby, came with. He believed that infants are born with the innate need to create one main and special bond with their attachment figure. He also argued that in most cases the main attachment figure for infants is the mother. |
| caregiver abdication. | This term describes a general breakdown in the caregiving system that includes frightening, maltreating, neglecting, or failing to protect children. These caregiving failures are thought to result from caregivers being flooded and overwhelmed by their own fears, resulting in feelings of helplessness in caring for their children. |
| Decathexis | In psychoanalysis, decathexis is the withdrawal of cathexis from an idea or instinctual object. Decathexis is the process of dis-investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea. |
| noneffective | not producing an intended or desired effect |
| cathexis | investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea |
| e.g. | Latin: exempli gratia, 'for example' |
| i.e. | Latin: id est, or 'that is,' |
| Nerodivergent | people whose brain differences affect how their brain works. That means they have different strengths and challanges from people whose brians do not have those differences. |
| sequelae | a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury. "the long-term sequelae of infection" |
| concomitantly | adverb FORMAL at the same time; simultaneously. "this may impact absorption of concomitantly administered oral medications" |
| perinatal | relating to the time, usually a number of weeks, immediately before and after birth. |
| tuberous sclerosis | Tuberous sclerosis, also known as tuberous sclerosis complex, is a rare genetic condition that causes mainly non-cancerous (benign) tumours to develop in different parts of the body. The tumours most often affect the brain, skin, kidneys, heart, eyes and lungs. |
| Rett | Tuberous sclerosis, also known as tuberous sclerosis complex, is a rare genetic condition that causes mainly non-cancerous (benign) tumours to develop in different parts of the body. The tumours most often affect the brain, skin, kidneys, heart, eyes and lungs. |
| ACE | Adverse Developmential Experiences. |
| Anhedonia | Anhedonia refers to the loss of ability to feel pleasure and is a common symptom of depressive disorders and substance use disorder. |
| ipsative | “Ipsative” derives from the Latin word ipse, meaning “of the self.” In education, “ipsative” refers to comparing an individual's performance against their own past performances |
| IDM | Integrated Disase Model |
| etic | An etic view is a universal perspective where an assessment is believed to measure a universal trait or construct. |
| emic | an emic perspective, culture is always considered in assessment. |
| zeitgeist | the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. |
| Dizygotic | faternal twins |
| monozygotic | identical twins |
| epidemiology | a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population |
| phenotype | the observable characteristics or traits of an organism that are produced by the interaction of the genotype and the environment : the physical expression of one or more genes |
| genotype | all or part of the genetic constitution of an individual or group |
| SAMHMA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration |
| Risk Factors | Risk factors are hypothesized to be the sum of biological traits (e.g., genetic traits), along with personality characteristics and social/environmental factors that predispose one to develop SUDs, while protective factors similarly consist of biological, psychological, and environmental factors that help to prevent or mitigate the chances of someone developing a SUD. |
| caveat | a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices a caveat against unfair practices |
| SMH | self-medication hypothesis |
| hedonic | of, relating to, or characterized by pleasure |
| affective | relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions |
| etiological | assigning or seeking to assign a cause |
| emesis | the action or process of vomiting |
| bolus injection | A single dose of a drug or other substance given over a short period of time. It is usually given by infusion or injection into a blood vessel. |
| concomitant | adjective naturally accompanying or associated. "she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries" Similar: attendant, accompanying, associated, collateral, related, connected, linked, accessory, auxiliary, resultant, resulting, consequent Opposite: unrelated, noun a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something. "some of us look on pain and illness as concomitants of the stresses of living" |
| EFT | Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) |
| LMFT | licensed marriage and family therapist |
| canard | a: a false or unfounded report or story especially : a fabricated report The report about a conspiracy proved to be a canard. b: a groundless rumor or belief the widespread canard that every lawyer is dishonest |
| force majeure | Legal term: Force majeure is a provision in a contract that frees both parties from obligation if an extraordinary event directly prevents one or both parties from performing. |
| RCT | relational-cultural theory |
| CRT | Critical Race Theory |
| NCDA | National Career Development Association |
| RCT | relational-cultural theory |
| YPAR | Youth participatory action research |
| GAR-3 | GAR-3 stands for Global Assessment of Relational Functioning The GAR-3 focuses on three main areas: Problem-Solving: Evaluates the group’s or relationship’s ability to address and resolve issues. Organization: Looks at the structure and stability of the relational system, such as roles, boundaries, and hierarchy. Emotional Climate: Assesses the emotional tone and overall atmosphere within the relationship. |
| LGBTQIA | L – Lesbian: G – Gay: B – Bisexual: T – Transgender: Q – Queer or Questioning: I – Intersex: |
| perseverate | Perseveration is when someone “gets stuck” on a topic or an idea. You may have heard the term in regard to autism, but it can affect others, too. |
| sine qua non | "without which not," and it refers to something that is essential or indispensable; an essential condition or ingredient without which something else would be impossible. |
| Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) | |
| Teratogenesis | Teratogenesis: malformation of fetus or fetal organs |
| RFT | Relational Frame Theory |
| ART | Adult Recovery Team meeting or Accelerated Resolution Therapy |
| MPM | MULTI-PHASE MODEL Phase I: Mental Health Education Phase II: Group, Family, and Individual Psychotherapy Phase III: Cultural Empowerment Phase IV: Indigenous Healing Phase: V: Social Justice and Human Rights |
| PLISSIT model | P for permission giving, LI for limited information, SS for specific suggestions, and IT for intensive treatment. |
| SAR | sexual attitude reassessment |
| Social scripting theory | Social scripting theory points to the fact that much of sexual behavior seems to follow a script. Similar to scripts that stage actors use to guide their behavior, social scripts instruct members of a society as to appropriate behavior and the meanings to attach to certain behaviors. |
| RCT | Relational - Cultural Theory |
| PLISSIT | P Permission LI Limited information SS Specific Suggestions IT Intensive Therapy |
| OCSB | Out of control sexual behaviors |
| PCAs | personal care attendants |
| DID (did) | dissociative identity disorder |
| MAP | minor-attracted people |
| OSA | Online Sexual Activity |
| perseverate | repeat or prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that prompted it has ceased. |
| idiosyncratic | Idiosyncratic means having unique, peculiar, or distinctive personal traits, habits, or characteristics that are unusual or specific to an individual, setting them apart from others. It describes things like an "idiosyncratic sense of fashion," a unique way of speaking, or a peculiar response to a drug. |
| IAT | Implicit Association Test. |
| MBSR | mindfulness-based stress reduction |
| MSC | Mindfulness Self-Compassion |
| MULTI-PHASE MODEL | MULTI-PHASE MODEL Phase I: Mental Health Education Phase II: Group, Family, and Individual Psychotherapy Phase III: Cultural Empowerment Phase IV: Indigenous Healing Phase: V: Social Justice and Human Rights |
| MCC | The Multicultural Counseling Competencies |
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