Brief Therapies Flashcards
What are the 5 types of Brief Therapies?
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Transtheoretical Model
- Motivational Interviewing
- Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
What are the focus and primary goals of Interpersonal Psychotherapy?
- based on the medical model
- focuses on interpersonal factors that contribute to current symptoms
- goals are symptom relief and improved interpersonal functioning
What is Interpersonal Psychotherapy used to treat?
- depression (originally developed for)
- bipolar disorder
- eating disorders
- other disorders
What happens in the initial stage of Interpersonal Psychotherapy?
- determine the client’s diagnosis
- determine interpersonal context of the client’s symptoms
- identify the primary problem area that will be the focus of treatment
- assign client the “sick role” to allow for being ill without blame and to view illness as treatable
What happens in the middle phase of Interpersonal Psychotherapy?
- use a variety of strategies to address the problem area identified in the initial stage
- examples are encouragement of affect, role-playing, communication analysis, and decision-analysis
What happens in the final phase of Interpersonal Psychotherapy?
address issues related to termination and relapse prevention
What are the focus and primary goals of Solution-Focused Therapy?
- focuses on solutions to problems
- adopt a goal-directed collaborative approach
- use several types of questions to help clients identify treatment goals and personal strengths and resources that will help them achieve those goals
What are the common questions used in Solution-Focused Therapy?
- The miracle question
- Exception questions
- Scaling questions
The Transtheoretical Model is based on the assumption that…
strategies are most effective when they match the person’s stage of change
What are the 6 stages of change in the Transtheoretical Model?
- Precontemplation
- Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance
- Termination
Describe the Precontemplation Stage of the Transtheoretical Model.
- no intention of taking action to change their behaviors in the next six months
- may be in denial about their problems or believe that change is impossible because of past failed attempts
- likely to resist advice or change interventions
- may benefit from consciousness raising, dramatic relief (experiencing and expressing emotions), and environmental reevaluation (examining how the environment affects their behavior)
Describe the Contemplation Stage of the Transtheoretical Model.
- plan to change in the next six months but ambivalent about changing
- may be difficult to transition to the next stage
- benefit from self-reevaluation (evaluating how they feel about the situation) in addition to the precontemplation stage strategies
Describe the Preparation Stage of the Transtheoretical Model.
- plan to take action within the next month
- useful strategies for these individuals support their decision to change and include self-reevaluation and self-liberation (believing that change is possible and making a commitment to change)
Describe the Action Stage of the Transtheoretical Model.
- taking action to change their behaviors
- effective strategies include contingency management, stimulus control, and counterconditioning
Describe the Maintenance Stage of the Transtheoretical Model.
- have maintained the desired behavior change for six months
- focus of treatment is relapse prevention which involves the same strategies useful for individuals in the action stage (contingency management, stimulus control, counterconditioning)