James Fitzgerald Therapy, PLLC

James Fitzgerald, MS, NCC, Psychotherapist

Strengthening Your Conscious Self © 2022

Glossary

In order to explain, describe, or define language (professsional jargon) I use on this website, I created this page for the general public and my clients. The explanations, descriptions, or definitions are the most objective and operational available. Some of them have multiple meaning in multiple contexts, but for our purposes, the information provided explains how I am using it in the context of my therapy, counseling, and coaching approaches. 

Explanation – Description – Definition of Words and Terms as used in this website

If you click on the word or term, it will direct you to an external website for a thorough explanation. This has been done to conserve space on the servers and consolidate this page.

Source: American Psychiatric Association

Source: American Psychological Association

Source: Good Therapy LLC 

Source: Design Epic Life

A

B

C

D

Dialectic

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

E

Eating Disorders

Energy (Energy Healing)

F

Financial Literacy

Functioning (Level & Areas of Life)

G

Gender Dysphoria

Gottman Method

H

Histrionic Personality Disorder

I

Independence

Intellectual Disability

Interdependence

Internet Gaming Disorder

J

Job Satisfaction

K

Ketogenic

L

Limbic System

M

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

N

Neural Networks

Neurobiology

Neurodivergence

Neurodiversity

Neuron

Neuroscience

Neuroplasticity

Neurotropics

O

P

Parasympathetic Nervous System

Polyvagal Theory

Prefrontal Cortex

Q

R

Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Romantic Orientation

S

Sex (Adjective – describes an individuals reproductive system characteristics and organs)

Sex (Verb – describes an activity that activates arousal, orgasm, and ejaculation)

Sexual Orientation 

T

Transactional Personality

U

Understanding

V

Values

W

Wisdom

X-Y-Z