Chapter 12 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Question 1

What is the primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Answer 1

Make the unconscious conscious

Question 2

Freud’s definition of the unconscious

Answer 2

Mental process that are outside the awareness of the individual and that have important, powerful influences on conscious experiences

Question 3

What methods might a psychodynamic psychotherapist use to access a clients unconscious

Answer 3

Free association, Freudian slips, dreams, resistance, defense mechanisms, transference

Question 4

What is free association

Answer 4

A technique in which the therapist simply asks clients to say whatever comes to mind without censoring themselves

Question 5

What is word association

Answer 5

Clients are asked to respond to a list of works and respond with the first word that comes to mind

Question 6

Freudian slips

Answer 6

All behavior is determined; there is no such thing as a random mistake
If a behavior can’t be explained by motivations we are conscieously aware of it is unconscious

Question 7

What is dream work

Answer 7

Our minds convert latent content (raw thoughts and feeling of unconscious) to manifest content (the actual plot of the dream we remember)

Question 8

What is resistance

Answer 8

When sensitive issues come up during session, this means that they found a trip that needs exploring

Question 9

What is the purpose of a defense mechanism

Answer 9

Bring attention to them can improve clients lives
Id, Superego, and Ego

Question 10

Id

Answer 10

Part of the mind that generates all the pleasure-seeking, selfish, indulgent, animalistic impulses

Question 11

Superego

Answer 11

The part of the mind that establishes rules, restrictions, and prohibitions

Question 12

Ego

Answer 12

The mediator, makes compromises between the id and the superego

Question 13

What is repression

Answer 13

When the id has an impulse and the superego rejects it
Ego avoids conflict by simply not allowing bas thoughts to become conscious

Question 14

What is sublimation

Answer 14

When the id has an implies and the superego rejects it, the ego can redirect it in a way that the regulating behavior actually benefits others

Question 15

What is displacement

Answer 15

Ego displaces hostility away from a dangerous object and onto a safer subsititute

Question 16

What is projection

Answer 16

Ego attributes own unacceptable impulse, motives, or desires to other individuals

Question 17

What is transference

Answer 17

A clients tendency to form relationships with therapist in which they unconsciously and unrealistically expect the therapist to behave like and important person from their past

Question 18

What is the working through process

Answer 18

Interpretations are frequently re-evaluated throughout the course of therapy

Question 19

What is a blank screen role

Answer 19

The therapist typically reveals little about themselves

Question 20

Three psychosexual stages of developments

Answer 20

Oral, anal, phallic stage

Question 21

What is fixation

Answer 21

As children move throught the developmental stages, they may become emotional stuck at any one of them some extent and may continue to struggle with issues related to that stage for many years

Question 22

Issues with the oral stage

Answer 22

First year and half
Later in life- smoking, nail biting, overeating etc
Overindulge- children may learn depending on others always works
Not responsive- children may learn that they cannot depend on others

Question 23

Issues with the anal stage

Answer 23

1.5 to 3 years
Potty training
Primary issues=control
Too demanding children are concerned with getting everything right
Too lenient children are lax about organization

Question 24

Issues with the phallic stage

Answer 24

3 to 6 years
Children want to be close with their patients
How parents form special relantionships affect a child’s self-worth

Question 25

Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

Answer 25

Fewer than 24 sessions
Interpersonal therapy
Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy

Question 26

What does interpersonal therapy tend to focus on

Answer 26

Current interpersonal relantionships and role expectations; specifically areas continue to depression

Question 27

What has interpersonal therapy been frequently used to treat

Answer 27

Role transitions
Role disputes
Interpersonal deficits
Greif

Question 28

What does time-limited dynamic psychotherapy tend to focus on

Answer 28

Provide clients with a corrective emotional experience
Makes clients aware of patterns and offers healthier, more realistic interactions

Question 29

Working model of time limited dynamic shit

Answer 29

Acts of self- how a person actually behaves in public
Expectations about others reactions
Acts of others towards self
Acts of self towards self

Question 30

Allegiance effects

Answer 30

The influence of a researches own biases and preference on the outcome of their empirical studies