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Psychological Therapies (Does Psychotherapy Actually Work? (Effective…
Psychological Therapies
Action Therapies
Behavior therapies: Classical conditioning techniques, operant conditioning techniques
Action therapies based on the principles of classical and operant conditioning and aimed at changing disordered behavior without concern for the original causes of such behavior
Applied behavior analysis: Use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behavior
Cognitive therapies: Beck's cognitive therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
Focus is on helping clients recognize distortions in their thinking and replace distorted, unrealistic beliefs with more realistic, helpful thoughts
Beck's cognitive therapy
Selective thinking: Focusing on only one aspect of a situation while ignoring all other relevant aspects
Overgeneralization: Drawing sweeping conclusions based on only one incident or event and applying those conclusions to events that are unrelated to the original event
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Magnification and minimization: Blowing a negative event out of proportion while ignoring relevant positive events
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Insight Therapies
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Humanistic therapies
Focus on conscious, subjective experiences of emotion and people's sense of self
Emphasizes the importance of the choices made by individuals and the potential to change one's behavior
Two most common humanistic therapies: Person-centered therapy (Carl Rogers), Gestalt therapy (Fritz Perl)
Person-centered therapy: A non directive insight therapy in which the client does all the talking and the therapist listens (Three elements- Authenticity, Unconditional positive regard, Empathy)
Gestalt Therapy: Forms of directive insight therapy in which the therapist helps clients accept all parts of their feelings and subjective experiences
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