Chapter 6/7 Flashcards
Is Psychotherapy effective?
Yes (over 70% are moderately to much improved)
Why is psychotherapy effective?
It creates a relationship with the CL and therapist that is encumbered with warmth, acceptance, and empathy. Psychotherapy helps to build resilience, actualization, and rewires the brain
What is catharsis?
Releasing and thereby providing relief from repressed emotions
What is the catharsis myth?
Misconception that you venting your anger is an effective way to reduce stress and prevent lashing out at friends/family
Primary emotions (appear in infancy)
1) Sad
2) Mad
3) Glad
4) Scared
5) Disgusted
6) Surprised
What are the 1st emotions first felt
Mad and scared
2 basic dimensions of human survival
1) Approach (Pavlov’s orienting reflex/ “what is it?” reflex)
2) Avoidance
Reflection of Feeling (steps)
1) Sentence Stem (Right now you look)
2) Label the feeling (precision)
3) Context or paraphrase
4) Dosage = tense and immediacy
5) Checkout (How does that sound?)
Humanistic Therapists say what about feelings?
Your feelings are you.
“Theres nothing more important than feelings” - Carl Rogers
Positive Saturation Solution
positive asset research, asking closed and “what” questions
Getting to positive emotion
1) Positive asset search
2) Find an exception to the problem
3) Journaling
4) Asking positive questions
5) Physical exercise
6) Service to others
7) Don’t tell client it’s going to be “okay”
8) Have client compare themselves to themselves yesterday
(James Pennebaker talks about expressive writing)
5 Stage model for a session
1) Empathic relationship
2) Story and strengths
3) Mutual goal setting
4) Restory (new ways of thinking/feeling)
5) Action (new ways of behaving)
Goals have to be
Clear and Doable
Goal Setting
1) Master Goal (step by step managable goals/microgoals)
2) Approach goals/avoidance goals
Approach Goals
Seeks to achieve and improve
