Chapter 13 Methods Of Therapy Flashcards
What is the goal of Psycho Analysis?
The goal of psycho analysis is to bring up repressed feelings and impulses into their conscious awareness so those feelings/impulses can be dealt with.
What is free association?
Free association is when a patient is given the liberty to express any thoughts, dreams, and childhood memories in an uncensored manner.
What is resistance?
Resistance is when a patient blocks unconscious material from being expressed.
Transference
When a patient unconsciously shifts or transfers emotions from an important relationship to the analyst.
What are the benefits of transference?
A benefit of transference is that the patient uses the analyst as a stand in for the other significant person in their life as a way of working through the relationship.
What is one difference between psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis?
Psychodynamic therapy is briefer and less expensive as it is only one session per week.
What is another difference between psychodynamic and psychoanalysis therapy?
Psychodynamic therapy is less concerned with psychosexual development and childhood experiences.
Focused on current situations and relationships than childhood.
What is a third difference between psychodynamic and psychoanalysis therapy?
Psychodynamic is more focused as a client comes in with one particular problem that they want to address and resolve
What is humanistic therapy?
Humanistic therapy is when therapists help people grow in self-awareness and self acceptance.
How do humanistic therapist view their job?
They view their job as “promoting growth” rather than “curing illness”.
What did Carl Rogers believe ?
He believed that a therapists main job was to create an environment that enables growth.
What are some qualities therapist must require to create an environment of growth and acceptance
Empathy, acceptance, genuine
reflective listening
Reflective listening is when the therapist echos what the patient says by restating and asking for clarification
What is a key component of systemic desensitizations?
One key component is teaching a client a relaxation technique which involves relaxing each muscle until total relaxation is met.
What is another key component of systematic desensitization?
Another key component involved the hierarchy of fears which includes working up a pyramid that goes from mild anxiety to high anxiety and achieving full relaxation till the top.
How is aversive conditioning used?
It is used by association a stimulus a client would want to avoid with something they don’t like (aversive stimulus). By associating the two this causes anxiety within the client and helps them avoid their stimulus.
What is an example of aversive conditioning?
A patient is trying to avoid cigarettes so they will assign the idea of cigs to an electric shock. Since electric shocks are associated with anxiety, by associating cigarettes to this it will also cause anxiety within the patient,
What is the goal operant conditioning?
The goal of Operant conditioning is to increase the frequency of desirable behaviors by reinforcing those desirable behaviors.
What his the goal of cognitive therapies?
The goal of cognitive therapies is to give people insight into how their THINKING influences their behavior and help them eliminate their problems by changing their thinking.
What is the goal of becks cognitive therapy?
the goal is this to change a patients self defeating thoughts. This is accomplished by pointing out house their negative thoughts about life and themselves are irrational, illogical, and distorted.
What is the goal of Adele Rabins method of therapy?
The goal is to change people’s self defeating beliefs and negative explanatory style. This is done by telling the client to tell them 3 good things that happened to them that day and how they contributed to those 3 things.
