Clinical Psych Flashcards
Belief that all behavior serves some psych function
psychic determinism
List the processes and associated conscious levels in psychoanalytic therapy
1) Clarification = conscious
2) Confrontation = preconscious
3) Interpretation = Unconscious
All of it is working through
Adlerian individual psychology pays more attention to social, physical, or intimacy factors?
social factors
A teleological approach is closely associated with?
Adlerian therapy
When maladaptive behavior is ascribed to a mistaken style of life with inadequate social interest
Adler’s individual psychology,
As per Adler, how one chooses to compensate for inferiority is ______, which is comprised of _____ and _____?
Style of life
1) unhealthy - self-centeredness, competitivenes, power
2) healthy - optimism, confidence, and care for others
Primary characteristic that distinguishes a healthy vs unhealthy style of life
1) pampered as a child - no social feelings
2) neglected - need for revenge
fictional (hidden) goals
Adlerian individual psychology
Name a type of Adlerian group therapy
Systematic training for effective teaching
Behaviors are determined by past and future goals…this was said by
Jung
Was Jung concerned with future, present, or past?
The here and now…past only useful if it helps understand the present
What are the 2 attitudes and 4 basic psychological functions in Jungian therapy
attitudes=extraversion and introversion
functions=thinking, feeling, sensing, intuiting
Describe lifespan through Jungian perspective
Saw development as continuing through life and was interested mostly after mid 30s
Symptoms are unconscious messages that something is awry and tasks need to be fulfilled
Jung
Transference (crucial)
Jung
According to Mahler, what are the phases by which infants assume an identity
1) normal infantile autism (0-1 month)
2) normal symbiotic phase (1-5 months)
Describe how the development of object relations occurs according to Mahler
separation-individuation (5-24 months)…consists of 4 overlapping stages:
1) differentiation
2) practicing
3) reapproachment
4) object constancy
Focus is on splitting
Object relations
Taking on someone else’s attitude without adopting it
introjection
Goal of person-centered therapy
achieving congruence
person-centered therapy’s 3 facilitation conditions
unconditional positive regard, genuineness, and empathy
Gestalt therapy is attributed to
Fritz pearls
Define gestalt
Perceptions as parts of wholes
we seek closure and ____ reflect needs. Behaviors can only be understood in context.
gestalts
The self and and the self-image are associated with ____ therapy. The one that dominates depends on experiences with the ______.
gestalt - environment
What is maladaptive behavior considered in Gestalt theory?
“Growth disorder” - lack of integration by abandoning self or self-image
Describe Gestalt’s 4 boundary disturbances
1) Introjection - accepting external standards w/o internalizing them
2) Projection
3) Retroflection - doing to onseself what one wants to do to others
4) Confluence - absence of boundary between the self and environment
Become a unified whole - integrate parts of self
goal of gestalt
Primary curative factor as per Gestalt
awareness
dream work
gestalt
Reality therapy is based on _____ theory.
Choice
List Reality therapy’s 5 basic needs
1) Survival
2) Love and belonging (most important)
3) Power
4) Freedom
5) Fun
Living our lives responsibly results in _____ as per _____ therapy….in contrast, living our lives irresponsibly results in ____
Success identiy
Failure identity
As per reality therapy
Reality therapy states that maladaptive behavior is a result of?
One’s choices - a person depresses self because believes it will get him attention and allow to avoid unpleasant activities
Development of a success identity is ___ therapy’s goal
reality
Stresses conscious processes
reality therapy
What are the ultimate concerns of existence, as per existential therapy
death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness
Personal Construct therapy’s explanation of maladaptive behavior
Discrepancy between personal constructs and events falling outside of the range of those constructs
______ therapy assumes people choose the way they deal with the world and there are alternatives for doing so
Personal construct therapy
personal constructs develop in _____ and can operate on ______ or ______levels
infancy, conscious, unconscious
Repertory grid - evaluating people in pt’s life and how they’re different/similar
Personal construct
Interpersonal therapy is attributed to
Klerman and Weissman
Interpersonal therapy focuses on what two areas?
symptom reduction and interpersonal relationships
IPT highlights 4 problem areas:
1) Interpersonal deficits
2) Interpersonal role disputes
3) Role transitions
4) Unresolved grief
Solution focused therapy is attributed to
de Shazar
1) Scaling
2) Miracle
3) Exception
These are types of questions in _____ therapy
solution-focused
In ______ therapy, each session has several steps or strategies
solution-focused
The transtheoretical model highlights 3 factors that can affect motivation in different stages…What are they and what’s their relevance to the stages?
1) Decisional balance - perceived pros and cons - most important in contemplation stage
2) Self-efficacy - important in early stage transitions
3) Temptation - higher in earlier stages and lowers in later stages
General systems theory is attributed to
von Bertalanffy
General systems theory states that a family is a(n) ______, always trying to maintain_____
open system, homeostasis
Briefly highlight the following’s contribution to family therapy:
Ackerman
Bateson
Bowen
Ackerman - grandfather of fam ther
Bateson - double bind comm
Bowen - tri-generational interaction theory of schizophrenia
Structural family therapy is attributed to
Minuchin
Structural family therapy says what leads to distress
too diffuse or to rigid family boundaries
too diffuse =
too rigid =
enmeshed, disengaged
Detouring - all child’s fault
boundary issues as per structural family therapy
Three overlapping steps in structural family therapy
1) Join - in a position of leadership
2) Evaluate the structure
3) Restructure
Communication-interaction family therapy is attributed to
Jackson et al
Communication-interaction says that issues arrive when ______ styles are in conflict
interaction
Communication-interaction family therapy highlights two types of communication
1) Symmetrical
2) Complementary
Communication-interaction family therapy says that symptoms are and include?
The cause and effect of communication issues and they include: Blaming Mind-reading Criticizing Overgeneralizing
Differentiation of self - separating one’s own intellectual/emotional functioning - the lower this is the more fused one is with emotions that dominate family
Extended family therapy
How does Extended Family Systems theory describe maladaptive behavior?
Through the Multigenerational Transmission Process
Increase differentiation of all family members
goal of extended family therapy
Genogram (three gens)
Technique in extended famil therapy
In extended family therapy, partners talk to ____ and not to ____
Partners talk to therapist and not each other
Strategic Family Therapy is attributed to
Haley
Strategic Family Therapy says that maladaptive behavior is a sympton that is?
A transactional pattern that is Interpersonal, adaptive, and inherent - becomes a problem when someone denies it
Stages described in Strategic Family Therapy (SPIG)
1) Social - family converses naturally
2) Problem - Therapist identifies issues
3) Interaction - Fam discusses issues while therapist observes
4) Goal Setting - Ther and fam set goals
Describe Paradoxical Intentions often used in Strategic Family Therapy (PORRS)
1) Positioning - exaggerate sxs
2) Ordeals - Unpleasant tasks (give you enemy a gift)
3) Reframing - Relabel Sx to more positive
4) Restraining - Encourage not to change
5) Subscribe the Sx - Engage in in Sx deliberately
social exchange theory, operant conditioning, and contingency contracts, to increase positive reinforcements between partners
Stuart’s Operant Interpersonal Therapy
Intrapsychic and interpersonal factors are reasons for maladaptive behavior in _____ family therapy
object relations
Describe projective identification
Project old introjects onto someone, react as if they have those traits, or provoke them into behaving in accordance with those traits
Milan Systemic Family Therapy is attributed to
Selvini-Palazzoli
Maladaptive behavior is due to circular patterns of action/reaction - become too fixed w/o room for creativity, as per ______ family therapy
Milan Systemic family therapy
According to Yalom, the first few months of group therapy involves 3 formative stages:
Which is the most important curative factor?
1) Orientation, meaning
2) Conflict, dominance
3) Cohesiveness - most important
Strategy Conference (1 way mirror with certain fam members)
A technique in Milan Systemic family therapy
The goal of _____ family therapy is to highlight prerogative of choosing different options and seeing problems in different ways
Milan Systemic family therapy
Yalom described 3 therapist tasks:
1) Creation and maintenance
2) Culture Binding
a. Technical expertise (mass group interpretation)
b. Participant/model
3) Focus on here-and-now (process illumination)