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| psychologists who deal mostly with problems not fitting into the formal classifications of mental disturbance |
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| psychologists who deal with emotional disturbances of any kind; may work with classified mental patients |
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| medical doctors with special training in mental disorders |
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| psychiatric social workers |
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| mental health workers with a degree in social work; help patients and fmailies deal with problems |
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| registered nurses with special education in psychiatric medicine |
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| broad term for any method used to try to help people with emotional and psychological problems |
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| therapy practiced by followers of Freud, who analyze the psyche via the unconscious |
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| the process of saying whatever comes to mind; uncovers the unconscious in psychoanalysis |
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| the process in which the patient transfers emotional conflicts of earlier years onto the therapist |
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| therapy that emphasizes the individual's own ability to heal himself or herself with some assistance |
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| Rogers's humanistic approach; reflects belief that the client and therapist are partners in therapy |
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| same as client-centered therapy |
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| unconditional positive regard |
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| a principle of humanistic therapy in which the client's feelings and thoughts are accepted for whatever they are; Carl Rogers's term |
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| therapy that uses principles of learning to alter the person's actions or behavior |
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| systematic desensitization |
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| a behavioral technique in which the therapist step by step increases the patient's anxiety and counters if with relaxation in a graduated sequence |
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| a behavioral technique in which unpleasantness is associated with acts that are to be avoided |
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| a behavioral technique in which rewards for desired acts are accumulated through tokens, which represent a form of money |
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| cognitive behavioral therapy |
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| therapy in which thoughts are used to control emotions and behaviors |
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| treatment centerin on getting emtotions under control by using readon; Ellis's term |
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| ideas that do not hold up when challenged by careful logic |
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| the opinions we form of ourselves by listening to our own inner voice; Ellis's term |
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| to see things in the worst possible light; Ellis's term |
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| therapy in which more than one person at a time is treated |
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| came up with the idea of uniting behaviors with cognitions as a method for helping people |
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| type of group therapy in which people are forced to share their inner conflicts and emotions |
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| the use of drugs to relieve psychological disturbance |
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| electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
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| used to treat depression, therapy in which an electrical shock is sent through the brain to try to reduce smptoms of mental distrubance |
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| surgery that destroys part of the brain to make the patient calmer, freer of symptoms |
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