Therapy for Psychological Disorders

3. Depending on the person seeking help and the problem, many mental health professionals use an eclectic approach, meaning they combine aspects of several diﬀerent psychotherapy techniques.
7. The process by which the client develops positive or negative feelings for the therapist that represent feelings the client experienced toward others early in life.
8. Anything clients do that interferes with them understanding their psychological problems.
10. Psychotherapies that help people get in touch with their feelings, their “true selves,” and their purpose in life.
11. which consists of people meeting regularly and discussing their problems with one another without the guidance of a therapist.
12. The cognitive therapy in which people are confronted with their irrational beliefs and persuaded to develop a more realistic way of thinking

1. is the treatment of several clients at the same time under the guidance of a therapist.
2. assumes that psychological disorders are primarily caused by physiological problems. It treats disorders by changing the way the brain works through drugs, electrical stimulation, or surgery.
4. Psychotherapies that focus on identifying and then fixing troublesome thinking by clients
5. A humanistic therapy in which the therapist provides a supportive setting for clients to discover their “true selves”
6. The reinforcement of desirable behavior by using objects called tokens that can be exchanged for desired items or privileges.
9. is designed to change the way in which family members relate to one another.