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Therapeutic Approaches

Nagaland Board · Class 12 · Psychology

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Card 1Nature and Process of Psychotherapy

What is psychotherapy?

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Psychotherapy is a voluntary relationship between a client seeking treatment and a therapist who provides help. Its purpose is to help the client solve psychological problems through systematic applic

Card 2Nature and Process of Psychotherapy

What are the main goals of psychotherapy?

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The main goals include: (1) Reinforcing client's resolve for betterment, (2) Lessening emotional pressure, (3) Unfolding potential for positive growth, (4) Modifying habits, (5) Changing thinking patt

Card 3Therapeutic Relationship

What is a therapeutic alliance and what are its key components?

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A therapeutic alliance is the special relationship between client and therapist. It has two main components: (1) Contractual nature - two willing individuals enter into a partnership to help overcome

Card 4Therapeutic Relationship

Distinguish between empathy, sympathy, and intellectual understanding.

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Empathy: Understanding another's situation and feeling like them, putting oneself in their shoes. Sympathy: Having compassion and pity for another's suffering but not feeling like them. Intellectual u

Card 5Types of Therapies

What are the three broad groups of psychotherapies and their chronological order?

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The three broad groups are: (1) Psychodynamic therapy - emerged first, focuses on intrapsychic conflicts from childhood, (2) Behavior therapy - emerged second, focuses on faulty learning patterns, (3)

Card 6Behavior Therapy

What is the foundation and method of behavior therapy?

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Foundation: Clinical application of learning theory principles. It focuses on formulating dysfunctional behaviors, factors that maintain them, and methods to change them. Method: Behavioral analysis t

Card 7Behavior Therapy

Explain negative reinforcement and aversive conditioning in behavior therapy.

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Negative reinforcement: Responses that help organisms avoid or escape painful stimuli (e.g., wearing woollen clothes to avoid cold). Aversive conditioning: Repeated association of undesired response w

Card 8Behavior Therapy

What is systematic desensitization and how does it work?

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Systematic desensitization is a technique by Wolpe for treating phobias. Process: (1) Create hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli from least to most fearful, (2) Relax client and have them imagine l

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