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Marriage & Family Therapist: Glossary of Terms


Adduction: moving the extremity back to the body.

Behavior analysis: the area of psychology that studies environmental determinants of behavior.

Depression: severe emotional state where an individual can feel sad or helpless.

Eating Disorder: the negative affect on health from eating or not eating.

Family/Marital Therapy: therapists work with families or couples together and individually to help them improve their communication skills.

Family Systems Therapy: an area of psychotherapy that view problems within the family as a whole.

Psychologist: an individual with a doctoral degree in psychology.

Self-esteem: attitude toward oneself that influences both moods and behavior.

Sexual Dysfunction: difficulty during a sexual act that keeps the individual or couple from enjoying the activity.

Social psychology: The area of psychology that studies the effect of social variables on an individuals attitude, behavior, and perceptions.