Clinical Flashcards
Freudian Psychoanalysis
goal of superego
The Superego tries to squash the Id
Freudian Psychoanalysis
Personality Theory
Life is made up of drives, when the Id cannot fulfill those drives, one feels tension.
The Ego operates by the reality principle
Freudian Psychoanalysis
View of Maladaptive Behavior
mania
repression of libidinal urges
Freudian Psychoanalysis
View of Maladaptive Behavior
phobias
- phobias are anxious displacement
Freudian Psychoanalysis
View of Maladaptive Behavior
- unconscious, childhood conflicts
Freudian Psychoanalysis
Therapy Goals and Techniques
In psychoanalysis, the analysis of free associations, dreams, resistances, and transferences consists of a combination of
- confrontation
- clarification
- interpretation
- working through
Freudian Analysis
- confrontation
- clarification
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- working through
interpretation
Freudian Psychoanalysis
Pithy Summary
pessimistic, deterministic, focused on past events
Freudian Psychoanalysis
Defense Mechanisms
According to Freud, when the ego is unable to ward off danger (anxiety) through rational, realistic means, it may resort to one of its defense mechanisms (e.g., repression, reaction formation) which share two characteristics: They operate on an unconscious level and they serve to deny or distort reality.
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Summary
Adler’s personality theory and approach to therapy stress the unity of the individual and the belief that behavior is purposeful and goal-directed.
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Key Concepts
Key concepts are inferiority feelings, striving for superiority, and style of life (which unifies the various aspects of an individual’s personality).
Adler’s Individual Psychology
View of Maladaptive Behavior
Maladaptive behavior represents a mistaken style of life that reflects inadequate social interest.
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Therapy Goals and Techniques
teleological
- Adler’s teleological approach regards behavior as being largely motivated by a person’s future goals rather than determined by past events.
- understand style of life and its consequences
- lifestyle investigation
- “basic mistakes”
- distorted beliefs
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Pithy Summary
Less focused on unconscious, focused on the future
Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy
Personality Theory
Analytical psychotherapy views behavior as being determined by both conscious and unconscious factors, including the collective unconscious which is the repository of latent memory traces that have been passed down from one generation to the next.
Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy
View of Maladaptive Behavior
Messages from the unconscious to the individual that something is awry
Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy
Archetypes
Included in the collective unconscious are archetypes (primordial images) that cause people to experience certain phenomena in universal ways.
Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy
Therapy Goals and Techniques
- Therapeutic strategies include the interpretation of dreams and transferences (which reflects projections of both the personal and collective unconscious).
Jungian
individuation
integration of the conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche that occurs in the later years and leads to a unique identity and the development of wisdom.
Jung’s Analytical Psychotherapy
Pithy Summary
optimistic and future-based
Object Relations Theory
Personality Theory
Mahler’s version of object relations theory focuses on the processes by which an infant assumes his/her own physical and psychological identity, and her model of early development involves several phases. The development of object relations occurs during the separation-individuation phase, which begins at four to five months of age.
Object Relations Theory
View of Maladaptive Behavior
According to Mahler, adult psychopathology can be traced to problems that occurred during separation-individuation.
Object Relations Theory
Therapy Goals and Techniques
- expose maladaptive relationship dynamics into consciousness
Object Relations Theory
Projective Identification
a defense mechanism in which the individual projects qualities that are unacceptable to the self onto another person, and that person introjects the projected qualities and believes him/herself to be characterized by them appropriately and justifiably.