Clinical - Paradigms and Treatments (Slides)

Question 1

What are the levels of clinical practice?

Answer 1

1/. Complaints & Syndromes (clinical practice)
2/. Process (clinical experimental research)
3/. Physiology (fundamental research)

Question 2

What is the Diathesis-Stress model of psychopathology?

Answer 2

(See image)

Question 3

What is the Dodo Bird effect/verdict?

Answer 3

All empirically validated psychotherapies regardless of their methods, produce the same outcomes

Question 4

What are the different therapy methods/approaches?

Answer 4

• Biological Approach
• Client-centered therapy
• Cognitive Therapy
• Experiential Therapy
  (each patient matches with a different therapy type)

Question 5

Biological Approach

Answer 5

• Physiology (3/.) -> description for intervention
• Complaints & Symptoms (1/.) -> measure outcomes
  e.g. ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy): supposedly acts on serotonin reuptake

Question 6

Client centered

Answer 6

• Is the real self and ideal self congruent or incongruent?
• Client-Therapist relationship: Authentic, Unconditional, Positive regard, Empathy
• Self-actualization:
  ~ understand more aspects of the self
  ~ more integrated, unique personality
  ~ accept/understand others more
  ~ cope with problems of life more easily
• Complaints & Symptoms (1/.): description for intervention

Question 7

Cognitive Therapy

Answer 7

• Complaints & Symptoms (1/.): description for intervention

Question 8

Experiential Therapy (Gestalt Therapy)

Answer 8

(Fritz Perls)
- Experience here and now
- Integration of experiences and material
- Technique: empty chair technique/chair work