Clinical Exam 1 Review Fun

3. Gradually replacing fear with relaxation, one step at a time (2 words).
6. When your outer self finally matches your inner truth.
7. The mental renovation project of replacing bad thoughts with better ones (2 words).
9. When your therapist starts to feel suspiciously like your dad or ex.
11. That mysterious force making you “forget” therapy homework every week.
15. The therapist’s superpower for feeling with, not just for, a client.
17. Yalom’s favorite topic: the dread that life might not add up to anything inherently.
19. The internal clash when who you are doesn’t line up with who you think you should be.
21. The “I need no one” stance that hides fear behind independence (2 words).
23. Freud’s favorite word game—say whatever pops into your mind, no censor allowed (two words crammed together).
24. The post-WWII plan that married research and practice in psychology training (2 words).
26. The psychological reason Pavlov’s dog drooled and Skinner’s rats behaved.
30. Mental funhouse mirrors that twist how we interpret reality (2 words).
31. That warm sense of “someone else is like me”—Kohut’s third selfobject need.

1. The lifelong jitters born from feeling unloved or unsafe as a kid (ala Horney, 2 words).
2. Removing an unpleasant thing—no, it’s not punishment (2 words)
4. The inner dictator barking “you should be perfect!”—a Horney hallmark (4 words)
5. The part of OCD treatment where you’re not allowed to do your ritual (2 words).
7. Making a paper cut feel like a mortal wound—cognitively speaking.
8. Turning one failure into a lifelong prophecy of doom applied to all scenarios.
10. The CBT cure for inertia: do something, and mood will follow (2 words).
12. A life-script or template that keeps casting you in the same old role.
13. The “I see you, you exist” reflection every developing self craves.
14. The trick of watching your thoughts float by like leaves on a stream.
16. Those sneaky inner one-liners like “I’m a failure” that Beck loved to catch (2 words).
18. When your psyche turns anxiety into a sudden limp or paralysis.
20. The radical Rogers idea: liking people even when they’re a mess (3 words).
22. The “face your fears” approach preferred by behaviorists treating anxiety disorders (2 words).
25. When you assume everything is secretly about you.
27. The people-pleasing dance of “if I’m nice enough, they won’t leave me” (2 words)
28. The mental art of noticing your thoughts without buying their drama.
29. The inner toddler demanding instant gratification.