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resistance {Ans: in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material}systematic desensitization {Ans: a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias}behavior therapy {Ans: therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors}Aaron Beck {Ans: sought to reverse patient's catastrophizing beliefs about themselves, their situations and futures using cognitive therapy}interpretation {Ans: in psychoanalysis, the analyst's noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight}cognitive therapy {Ans: therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions}psychosurgery {Ans: surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior}electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) {Ans: a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an aenesthetized patient}cognitive behavioral therapy {Ans: a popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy}antipsychotic drugs {Ans: drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder Examples: Abilify, Thorazine}eclectic approach {Ans: an approach to psychotherapy