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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.