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| Psychotherapy | the treatment by psychological means, of problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with the patient with the object of 1. removing, modifying, or retarding existing symptoms 2. mediating disturbed patterns of behavior 3. promoting positive personality growth and development |
| Psychoanalysis | treatment based on Freud's theories; claims psychological disturbances are due to anxiety about hidden conflicts in one's personality |
| Transactional Analysis | people function from one of three ego states: child, parent or adult |
| Behavior therapy | focus is on the behavior, not necessarily the cause of it; therapist tries to determine what's wrong with the patient's life right now and takes steps to change it |
| Clien/Person-centered therapy | implies an equal relationship between the therapist and the 'patient'; assumes that all people are basically good and capable of handling their own lives unless the 'true self' is lost |
| Gestalt therapy | therapist takes an active role in the therapy sessions; therapist may interject his or her personal feelings into the discussion as a way to move the discussion along. |
| Empathy | capacity for warmth and understanding |
| Sympathy | feeling sorry for someone else |
| Suppression | holding back awareness of some significant information |
| Resistance | any behavior that impedes the course of the therapy; sometimes this is active resistance, sometimes it is passive |
| Insight | sudden understanding of the unconscious impulses, desires and fears that are causing the patient's anxiety |
