***Chapter 15: Psychological + Biological Treatments Flashcards
psychotherapy
a psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioral, + interpersonal problems + improve the quality of their lives
who is psychotherapy done by
-licensed professionals
-paraprofessionals
who is psychotherapy done for
-individuals with anxiety, + those with minor + temporary problems, are most likely to benefit from therapy
-socioeconomic status, gender, age, + ethnicity don’t predict treatment outcomes
insight
accurate self-knowledge
psychoanalysis
-one of the 1st forms of psychotherapy
-goals being to decrease guilt + frustration, make the unconscious conscious
-psychoanalytic therapists as analysts
key ingredients of psychoanalysis
-free association
-interpretation
-dream analysis
-resistance
-transference
-working through
free association
free expression without censorship
interpretation
“having multiple accidents may serve an unconscious purpose of getting attention that you would not get otherwise”
dream analysis
“the ogre in a dream may represent a hated + feared parent”
resistance
attempts to avoid confrontation + anxiety associated with uncovering previously repressed thoughts, emotions, + impulses
transference
projecting intense, unrealistic feelings + expectations from the past onto the therapist
working through
gaining insight as the 1st step, need to keep working on it
psychodynamic theory
Neo-Freudian tradition
psychodynamic theory/Neo-Freudian
-more concerned with conscious aspects of the client’s functioning (emphasizing individualization-the integration of opposing aspects of the personality)
-emphasize the impact of cultural + interpersonal influences across the life span (interpersonal therapy)
-emphasize the impact of other needs
-more optimistic regarding achieving healthy functioning
-more varied + flexible therapy techniques (interpersonal therapy)
psychoanalytic + psychodynamic therapy critiques
-insight may not be necessary to relieve psychological distress
-traumatic memories may not necessarily be repressed or can even be distorted
-lack of falsification
person-centered therapy focuses on ___
attaining acceptance
person-centered therapy
-help to increase awareness + heightened self-acceptance; help people to think more realistically, be more tolerant of others, engage in more adaptive behaviors
-nondirective- clients encouraged to direct the course of therapy + no identification of the client’s problems/causes
-therapist shows warmth, empathy, unconditional acceptance, using reflective listening, avoiding confrontation as in motivational interviewing
to ensure a positive outcome in person-centered therapy, the therapist must…
-be authentic, genuine person who reveals their own reactions to what the client is communicating
-express unconditional positive regard (nonjudgmental acceptance of all feelings the client expressed) that help elicit a more positive self-concept
-relate to clients with empathic understanding (reflection, or mirroring back the client’s feelings)
Gestalt therapy focuses on ___
becoming whole
Gestalt therapy
-aims to integrate different + sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
-Gestalt (configuration) means an organized whole
-2-chair technique: good boy vs. spoiled brat
-emphasizing accepting responsibility for one’s feelings, maintaining contact with the here + now than getting stuck in the past or imagining the future
what therapy uses the 2-chair technique
Gestalt therapy
what does Gestalt (configuration) mean
an organized whole
existential therapy
human beings construct meaning + mental illness stems from a failure to find meaning in life
logotherapy
treatment of the patient’s attitudes toward his/her existence
behavioral + cognitive-behavioral therapies focus on ___
changing maladaptive actions + thoughts
behavioral + cognitive-behavioral therapies
-focus on specific behaviors, address the current variables
-disorders represent learned patterns of maladaptive behaviors
-use a wide variety of behavioral assessment (ecological momentary assessment)
-therapist as teacher- taking active role in therapy
exposure therapy is what type of therapy
behavioral therapies
exposure therapy
phobias are maintained by avoidance of the feared object/situation, + the solution is to face directly
what 2 things occur in exposure therapy
-systematic desensitization
-flooding