EXAMINING A PERSON'S IMMEDIATE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND ATTEMPTING TO DESCRIBE IT WITH AS LITTLE INTERPRETATION OR BIAS AS POSSIBLE

THEORY OF ATTITUDE CHANGE SUGGESTING THAT WHEN A PERSON COMMITS TO A BELIEF OR ACTION THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR OTHER BELIEFS AND ACTIONS, THE PERSON WILL EXPERIENCE A STATE OF TENSION, DISCOMFORT AND ANXIETY, WHICH THEY WILL THEN REDUCE USUALLY BY MODIFYING ONE OF THEIR COGNITIONS

A SHORT TERM POST MODERN APPROACH THAT DE-EMPHASIZES THE CAUSES OF PROBLEMS AND EMPHASIZES INSTEAD HELPING CLIENTS BECOME UNSTUCK AND FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS. ASSUMES THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TO VIEW THINGS, THAT CLIENTS WANT CHANGE AND ALL PEOPLE HAVE RESOURCES/STRENGHTS AND WITHIN THEMSELVES SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS.

A CORE CONDITION OF SUCCESSFUL HELPING RELATIONSHIPS. THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE, UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THE EMOTIONAL STATE OF ANOTHER PERSON

AN INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE USED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC MEANING OF A VAGUE TERM A CLIENT HAS USE AND TO ELICIT SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWSIE BE REVEALED.

A CLASSICAL CONDITIONING PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES PAIRING HIERARCHIALLY ARRANGED ANXIETY EVOKING STIMULI WITH RELAXATION IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE ANXIETY RESPONSE.

THIS ADOVCATES A TRANSACTIONAL VIEW OF THE PERSON ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP FOR EXAMPLE A PERSON AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT ENGAGE IN CONSTANT CIRCULAR EXCHANGES IN WHICH EACH RECIPROCALLY SHAPES AND INFLUENCE THE OTHER OVER TIME

FOCUSES ON TRANSACTIONAL PATTERNS AND EMPHASIZES SYMPTOM RELIEF RATHER THAN INSIGHT BY ALTERING THE FAMILY'S TRANSACTIONS AND ORGANIZATION.

THE RESEARCH GOAL AFTER A PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTS.

THE FABRICATION OF EXPERIENCES OR SITUATIONS IN ORDER TO FILL IN AND COVER UP GAPS IN MEMORY

A TECHNIQUE INTENDED TO HELP FAMILY MEMBERS IDENTIFY DIFFERENCES IN THEIR PERSPECTIVES IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS OCCURRING SO THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS.

THE THEORY THAT THE WHOLE CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND INTERACTIONS OF ITS PARTS.

THERAPIES THAT SHARE AN EMPHASIS ON THE HUMAN CONDITIONS OF DEPERSONALIZATION, LONELINESS AND ISOLATION AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE FREE WILL AND ARE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF BECOMING. MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR IS A PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.

EMPHASIZES REINFORCING A CLIENT'S HEALTHY AND ADAPTIVE PATTERNS OF THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR AND INCLUDES PROVIDING REASSURANCE, GUIDANCE, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, EXPLANATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS,

A DEFENSE MECHANISM IN WHICH A PERSON SEVERS THE CONSCIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN AN UNACCEPTABLE IMPULSE OR BEHAVIORS AND ITS ORIGINAL MEMORY SOURCE (REMEMBERS THE EXPERIENCE BUT SEPARATES IT FROM THE AFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH IT)

A THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUE THAT INVOLVES HAVING CLIENTS DRAMATICALLY ACT OUT THE CONFLICTS THEY ARE HAVING WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR OTHER SITUATIONS.

ASSUMES THAT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF NEUROSIS IS THE CONTINUAL REPETITION OF COMMON IRRATIONAL BELIEFS AND THESE BELIEFS ARE THE TARGET OF THERAPY

ASSUMES CLIENTS ARE RESOURCEFUL PROBLEM SOLVERS WHOSE USUAL COPING STRATEGIES HAVE FAILED BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC OBSTACLES OR THE ABSENCE OF NEEDED RESOURCES. TREATMENT IS STRUCTURED AND EMPHASIZES THE CLIENT'S VIEW OF THE PROBLEM. CHANGE OCCURS BECAUSE THE SW AND CLIENT COMPLETE TASKS DURING AND BETWEEN SESSIONS.

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A CLASS OF DRUG THAT HAS BOTH SEDATIVE AND PAIN KILLING PROPERTIES. CHRONIC USE RESULTS IN TOLERANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL/PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE.

AN INTERVIEW RESPONSE THAT REFLECTS THE FULL RANGE OF SURFACE AND UNDERLYING FEELINGS AND CONTENT EXPRESSED IN AND IMPLIED BY A CLIENT'S MESSAGE. USEFUL FOR INCREASING CLIENT AWARENESS THEIR THOUGHTS/FEELINGS AND NEW WAYS OF RESOLVING A PROBLEM.

DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN FOUR LEVELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON DEVELOPMENT; MICROSYSTEM, MESOSYSTEM, EXOSYSTEM AND MACROSYSTEM.

ASSUMES THAT PROBLEM SOLVING DEFICITS DEVELOP FROM A LACK OF MOTIVATION, CAPACITY AND/OR OPPORTUNITY, THAT WHEN A CLIENT SEEKS HELP THAT THEY ARE MOTIVATED TO RESOLCE A SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND TX SHOULD PROVIDE RESOURCES TO HELP THE CLIENT RESOLVE THAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM.

Supports individuals who are disabled and have a qualifying work history, either through their own employment or a family member (spouse/parent).

THE DOCTRINE THAT ALL ACTIONS, THOUGHTS, STATEMENTS ETC RE MEANINGFUL AND OBEY THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT (E.G. SLIPS OF THE TONGUE REFLECT UNCONSCIOUS MATERIAL)