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Adlerian
A theory of individual psychology developed
by Alfred Adler which proposed that personality has a limited
number of core concepts. An Individual Theory of Personality.
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Humanistic Psychotherapy
Largely the creation of Abraham Maslow
which concentrates on the higher human motives, self-development,
knowledge, understanding and esthetics.
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Animal Assisted
A psychotherapeutic technique which
utilizes animals a treatment tool to assist those with psychological
problems.
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Jungian
Psychotherapy
Pertaining to, or representative of
the analytical psychology of Carl Jung. Drewam interpretation,
symbols and meaning.
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Art Therapy
In the most inclusive sense, the use of
painting as a therapy which has a curative effect upon mental, emotional
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Music Therapy
In the most inclusive sense, the use
of absolutely any technique, in this case music, or procedure
that has a palliative or curative effects upon any mental, emotional
or behavioral disorder.
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Behaviorism
That type of psychotherapy that seeks
to change abnormal or maladaptive behavior patterns by the use of
extinction and inhibitory processes and/or positive and negative
reinforces in classical and operant conditioning situations. |
Narrative
Therapy
Refers to a viewpoint or a stance within psychology
which is interested in the storied nature of human conduct.
(Sarbin, 1986)
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Brief Solution Focused Therapy
A general term used to cover any psychotherapy
which is specifically designed to be relatively short in duration.
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Object Relations Psychotherapy
Object relations, the emotional bonds
between oneself and another.
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Client- Centered
Psychotherapy
A Humanistic form of psychotherapy developed
by Carl Rogers. The therapist is non-directive and reflective and
does not interpret or advise except to encourage or clarify points.
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Personal Construct Therapy
Personal construct the central concept
in George Kelly's theory of personality. It is a covered term
for each of the ways in which a person attempts to perceive, understand,
predict and control the world. A Cognitive Theory of Personality.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
An approach to psychotherapy based originally on behavior therapy
and consistent with its basis tenets.
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Play Therapy
The use of play situations in a therapeutic
setting.
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Contemporary Psychoanalysis
The various contemporary schools are all
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Primal Therapy / Depth
Psychology
A form of therapy based upon the theory of Auther Janov. The procedure
consists basically of an intense therapeutic interaction between
client and therapist focused on a single goal.
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Dance Therapy
The use of the
physical and esthetic aspects of dance as a therapeutic technique.
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Psychodrama
A psychotherapeutic technique developed by J. L. Moreno in which
the individual acts out certain roles or incidents in the presence
of a therapist and, often, other persons who are part of a therapy
group.
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
It was discovered
by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., in 1987. We're not sure why it works,
but it does. Simply by providing side-to-side sensations to a
person while discussing traumatic events in a specific therapeutic
fashion can work wonders in allowing the person to heal himself
or herself.
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Psychosocial Therapy - Erikson
In the most inclusive sense, the use
of absolutely any technique or procedure that has a palliative
or curative effects upon any mental, emotional or behavioral disorder.
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Existential
Psychotherapy
A theory of individual psychology concentrating
on freedom and responsibility. Developed by Victor Frankl it is
a system highlighting the role of responsibility, free choice.
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Rational Emotive Behavior
Is a cognitive -behavioral therapy whose
comprehensive approach helps people change dysfunctional emotions
and behaviors by showing them how to become aware of, and modify
the beliefs and attitudes that creates these unwanted states.
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Feminist
Psychotherapy
A theory of individual psychology concentrating on women.
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Social Learning - Bandura
In the most inclusive sense, this theory
states that we are who we are by a process of Observational Learning.
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Freudian Psychotherapy
In the most inclusive sense, the use
of absolutely any technique or procedure that has a palliative
or curative effects upon any mental, emotional or behavioral disorder.
In the case of Sigmund Freud, the founder of Psychotherapy, a
Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality.
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Therapeutic Touch Psychotherapy
TT or Therapeutic Touch (invented by
Dolores Krieger) is based on the assumption that a "human energy
field" extends beyond the skin. The idea behind TT is that this
human energy field is abundant and flows in balanced patterns
in health but is depleted and/or unbalanced in illness or injury.
Practitioners believe they can restore health by sensing and adjusting
such fields.
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Gestalt Therapy
A form of psychotherapy associated with
the work of Frederick Perls. It s based loosely on the Gestalt
concepts of unity and wholeness.
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Transpersonal Therapy
A branch of psychology that is concerned
with the study of those states and processes in which people experience
a deeper or wider sense of who they are, or a sense of greater
connectedness with others, nature, or the "spiritual" dimension.
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Group Therapy
A very general term used to cover any
psychotherapeutic process in which groups of individuals meet
together with a therapist/leader.
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Trait Theory
A theory of individual psychology concentrating
on a blend of humanistic and personalistic approaches to the study
of human behavior, developed by Gordon Allport.
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Traditional
Therapy Sites
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