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Chapter 2
Emotional Health
Definitions
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Emotional Health
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The state of being free of mental disturbances that
limit functioning
Cortex
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The outer layer of an organ
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In the brain (the thinking portion)
Support System
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A network of individuals or groups with which one
identifies and exchanges emotional support
Definitions
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Mentor
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Tolerance
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A person who gives advice or assistance
Accommodation and acceptance of
differences between oneself and others
Communication
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A two way exchange of ideas or thoughts
ANC
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Assertive, Not aggressive, Communication
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When in a conflict your style of
communication is important
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is important not to tie toe around the subject,
however you can not come off so hard that the
other person feels defensive or aggression in
response to your actions
Maslow’s Hierarchy
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Abraham Maslow
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A theorist who that described a ladder of
human needs that people of all ages
experiences
Maslow believed
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You must need your basic needs before you
can start to think about your higher needs
Counseling
Person Centered Counseling
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Developed in the 1930's by American Carl
Rogers
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Emphasizes the responsibility of the client
With the counselor taking a more passive role
Goals
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Increased self esteem
Openness to experience
Unconditional positive regard, meaning that the
counselor accepts the client for who they are without
judging or disapproving of any character or
personality traits
Psychodynamic Counseling
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founded by Sigmund Freud
It places a lot of emphasis on past
experiences from childhood effecting current
behavior in the unconscious mind.
 As the patient speaks the therapist probes
their mind for deeper theories
 This is in contrast to the person centered
approach of being non-interpretive.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Developed by Albert Ellis in the 1950’s
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CBT is a form of counseling that picks up on faulty
thought patterns that may cause counter-productive
behavior and emotions
The counseling focuses on changing the clients
thoughts in order to change their emotional state.
Instead of reacting to the reality of a situation a
person reacts instead to their own distorted viewpoint
of the situation
CBT does not care why you do the behavior but just
wants to change the actions
Chapter 5
Emotional Problems
Definitions
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Emotional Problems
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Patterns of behavior or thinking that cause a
person to feel significant emotional pain or to
be unable to function in any or all of these
areas
 Social
 Occupational
 Use
of Leisure Time
Definitions
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Addiction
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Eating Disorder
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Dependence on a substance habit or behavior
Abnormal food intake from emotional causes
Depression
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The condition of feeling apathetic, hopeless
and withdrawn from others
Definitions
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Insomnia
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Anxiety
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Sleep abnormalities, failure to fall asleep
An emotional state of high energy, with stress
response as the body’s reaction to it
Anxiety Attacks
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A sudden, unexpected episode of severe anxiety with
symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, sweating,
dizziness, and nausea
Definitions
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
An uncontrollable need to perform an action
 Can effect everydaylife
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