Clinical Psychology Flashcards
etic
“universal” all ppl from different cultures are the same
emic
emic stands for “empathy”; culture-specific therapy
Allostatic
adapt to the environment by changing the environment
autoplastic
adapt to the environment by “self change”; changing your responses/behavior
Helm’s Racial Identity Model (stages)
Contact
Disintegration
Reintegration
Pseudo-independence
Immersion-Emersion:
Autonomy:
Contact Phase
“color-blind”; unaware of racial differences
First stage of Helm’s Racial Identity model
Disintegration stage
greater awareness of inequality; leads to a sense of dissonance and moral conflict
Second stage of HRIM
Reintegration stage
Resolve moral conflict by believing that whites are better
3rd stage in HRIM
Pseudo-independence
**Triggered by an event
dissatisfied with racist views but still judge minorities by white standards
4th stage in HRIM
Immersion-Emersion
explore what it means to be white; how they can be proud of being white without being racist
5th stage in HRIM
Autonomy
HRIM
internalize non-racist white identity;
understand the strengths and weaknesses of white culture
6th stage in HRIM
Conversion V on MMPI
scale 1 (hypochondriasis) and scale 3 (hysteria) high;
scale 2 (depression) low
Passive Aggressive V on MMPI
Scale 4 (psychopathic deviate/antisocial) and scale 6 high (paranoia);
scale 5 low (masculine/feminine)
Psychotic V or “paranoid valley” on MMPI
Scale 6 (paranoia) and 8 (schizophrenia ) high;
scale 7 (psychosthenia–irrational fears; obsessive compulsive anxiety) low
defensive profile
F scale lower than scores on L and K scale
Types of cognitions
Beck’s CBT
schemas
automatic thoughts
cognitive distortions
Schemas definition
Becks Cognitive Behavior Therapy
core beleifs that determine how something is perceived or conceptualized
Maladaptive schemas
create inaccurate interpretations and conclusions
Adaptive schemas
Efficient information processing and realistic evaluation
Automatic thoughts based on maladatpive schemas…
Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy
lead to dsyfunctional emotional and behavioral responses
Negative triad
Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy
negative thoughts about
oneself
the world
the future
Cognitive distortions
Arbitrary Inference
Selective abstraction
Overgeneralization
Personalization
Dichotomous thinking
Arbitrary Inference
Cognitive distortions; Beck CBT
No evidence but drawing conclusions
Selective abstraction
Cognitive distortions; Beck CBT
focus on negative details and ignore other info
Overgeneralization
Cognitive distortions; Beck CBT
drawing a conclusion to one event;
generalizing to all events
Dichotomous thinking
Cognitive distortion; Beck CBT
categorizing to the extreme
Personalization
Cognitive distortion; Beck CBT
external events are your fault
Behavioral Techniques
Beck’s Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Activity Scheduling
Behavioral Rehearsal
Exposure to feared stimuli
Beck’s Cognitive Techniques
- reattribution
- redefining the problem
- thought recording
- Socratic questioning
Reattribution
Beck’s CBT cog. techniques
finding alternative causes to events
Redefining
Beck’s CBT techqnies
restating a problem in terms of client’s ability to resolve it
Thought recording
Beck’s CBT techniques
maintaining a record of automatic thoughts, antecedents and consequences
Socratic questioning
Beck’s CBT techniques
testing validity of thoughts and feelings using inductive reasoning
Bowenian key word
Differentiation
Minuchin key word
restructuring Boundaries
Milan key word
Games
Four major family therapy orientations
- Extended Family Systems/Muti-generational (Bowenian)
- Structural (i.e., Minuchin)
- Strategic (i.e., Haley)
- Systemic (i.e., Milan)
Systemic Family Systems creator
Milan
Strategic Family Systems creator
Hayley
Structural Family Systems creator
Minuchin
Extended family Systems creator
(Bowenian)
Family Therapy theoretical influences
systems theory–interdependent subsystems with autonomy
cybernetics–feedback loops
negative feedback
maintains the status quo
postive feedback
produces instability in the system
equifinality
different processes have the same outcome
equipotentiality/multifinality
one process can have several different outcomes
Levels of Communication
report level (content; explicit behavior)
command level (nonverbal)
Double-bind communication
report level does not equal command level
Extended Family Systems theory
i.e., (Bowenian); Multigenerational family therapy
emotional processes are transmitted from one generation to the next
Extended Family Systems (Bowenian) primary goal
i.e., Multigenerational family therapy
help family members become more differentiated while remaining connected
Extended Family Systems (Bowenian) techniques
i.e., Multigenerational family therapy
genograms
process questions
relationship experiments
genogram
Bowenian techniques
visual representation of 3 generations
provides info on structures, life events, and rel. dynamics
Process Questions
Bowenian techniques
used to help family members see how they contribute to the problem and how others perceive specific situations
(i.e. “how do you react when your husband criticizes you?”
Process Questions are answered directly to the _________
family member VS. therapist?
Why?
Therapist
Minimizes emotional reaction
Relationship Experiments
Bowenian techniques
homework assignments to help practice relating to to members in more differentiated way
(i.e., discuss an unresolved conflict rather than focus on child’s behavior)
Bowenian Therapists _______ involvement with family members
maximize VS. minimize
Minimize
NO JOINING
How are emotional processes transmitted to the next generation in a Bowenian system?
Differentiation
Triangles
Nuclear family emotional system
Family projection process
Multigenerational transmission process
Emotional Cutoff
Sibling position
societal regression
Differentiation of Self
Bowenian concept
- High differentiation = seperate identity + connected to family
- Low differentiation = emotional fused
Triangles
Bowenian concept
- 2 person system becomes unstable –> conflict
- Bring in a third person to restore stability
(e.g., become overly involved in child to avoid facing unresolved conflict between them)
Nuclear family emotional system
Bowenian concept
Methods nuclear family uses to deal with stress + anxiety
Family projection process
Bowenian concept
projecting parental problems onto the child
results in symptomatic behavior in the child
Multigeneration transmission process
Bowenian concept
transmission of differentiation patterns from one generation to the next
“low levels of differentiation begets low levels of differentiation”
Emotional Cutoff
Bowenian concept
Family member distance themselves (physically or emotionally) to deal with conflict in the system
indicates low levels of differentiation (i.e., Andre)
Sibling position
Bowenian concept
birth order contributes to child’s personality and role in family’s emotional life
Societal Regression
Bowenian concept
impact of societal stress on society and family
What are “Family Structures”
Structural Therapy theoretical constructs
repetitive patterns of interactions between family members
forming subsystems w/i family system
Theoretical terms found in Structural Therapy
Structural/Minuchin Therapy
- “Family Structure”
- “Boundaries”
- Rigid Family Triads
Structural Therapy goal?
Minuchin Therapy
Restructure family and their boundaries so they are better able to respond to stress
Action over insight
What are the three dysfunctional coalitions in Rigid Family Triads?
Structural Therapy theoretical constructs
dysfunctional coalitions
- Triangulation–each parent demands a child take a side; pulled in both directions
- Detouring–parents reinforce deviant behavior to take away from spousal problems
- Stable coalition–2 members gang up against other members
What is the definition of boundaries in structural therapy?
Structural Therapy theoretical constructs
implicit rules that determine contact
Describe the types of boundaries in Structural Therapy
Structural Therapy theoretical constructs
implicit rules that determine contact
- clear–balanced separateness and connectedness
- rigid–disengagement between family members
- diffuse–enmeshment and excessive dependence
What are the three stages that the Structural Family therapist goes through?
Minuchin
Joining
Formulation
Restructuring (goal)
What techniques occur in the joining stage?
Minuchin/Structural Therapy Technique
build rapport
mimesis (mimick emotional state and demeanor)
tracking (using content of what family communicates)
In the Formulation stage the therapist identifies dysfunctional repetitive patterns through…
Minuchin/Structural Therapy Technique
- observing family interactions
- making family map of family structure
What is Restructuring?
Minuchin/Structural Therapy Technique
A technique that alters repetitive interactions
What techniues are involved in Restructuring?
Minuchin/Structural Therapy Technique
enactment
reframing
boundary marking
unbalancing
Unbalancing
Restructuring Technique
Taking the side of a “scapegoated” family member to alter how members act toward that person
Boundary Marking
Restrucuring Technique
Strengthening diffuse boundaries OR loosening rigid boundaries
Reframing
Restrucuring Technique
Describe undesirable behavior in a positive way; highlight advantages and disadvantages
Enactment
Restrucuring Technique
Role play dysfunctional behavior
Minuchin Therapists only focus on the…
Present
(won’t include intergeneration or family history)
Strategic Family Therapy theory
(Haley)
communications are focused on power (ability to control relationship with others)
Power is determined by hiearchies
Strategic Family Therapy techniques
- direct and indirect directives
- reframing
direct and indirect directives
- direct directives are orders the family will agree to follow
- indirect directives involve asking the family to do a behavior they will resist and so changing behavior in a desired way (e.g., prescribing the symptom)
Name three strategic family therapy techniques
direct (agree to follow)
indirect directives (manipulate)
reframing (giving problem behaviors alternative meaning)
Paradoxical interventions
Ask family to do something they will resist to change behavior in desired way (e.x., prescribing the symptom)
How do strategic therapists develop the course and outcome of treatment?
Use the first session to and go through the stages:
- social stage
- problem stage
- interaction stage
4 goal setting stage
- task setting stage
Social Stage
First session of Strategic Family therapy
- social stage–speak to each member and observe interactions
* Use the first session to and go through the stages:*
Problem stage
First session of Strategic Family therapy
- Ask each family member about presenting problem
* Use the first session to and go through the stages:*
Interaction Stage
First session of Strategic Family therapy
- Ask each family member to discuss the presenting problem
* Use the first session to and go through the stages:*
Goal setting stage
First session of Strategic Family therapy
- everyone agrees on therapy goals
* Use the first session to and go through the stages:*
Task setting stage
First session of Strategic Family therapy
- directives to complete at home
* Use the first session to and go through the stages:*
Systemic Family Therapy theory
Milan
Problems with family members revolve around games that maintian homeostasis and serve a purpose
What are Games in systemic family therapy?
Milan
Repetitive behavioral interactions that serve a purpose
Milan Systemic Family Therapy goals
Change rules of the game
Therapy provided by a team
Milan techniques
hypothesizing
neutrality
circular questioning
positive connotations
paradoxical prescriptions
family rituals
Hypothesizing
Systemic (Milan) techniques
hypothesizing–question asking; revise hypothesis based on answers
Neutrality
Systemic (Milan) techniques
accept perceptions of all family members
Circular Questioning
Systemic (Milan) techniques
ask each family member their perceptions of the event
they gain new info; recog. similiarites and differences in perceptions
Positive Connotation
Systemic (Milan) techniques
Reframing a problematic behavior as beneficial or good
(note someone’s good intentions)
Paradoxical Prescriptions
Systemic (Milan) techniques
Engage in problematic behavior to understand the behavior is in their control
Family Rituals
Systemic (Milan) techniques
Tasks designed to change family games (changing who disciplines child)
Stuart interpersonal operant therapy
increase # of pos. reciprocal interactions using contingency contracts
Structural family therapy the therapist does what with the family system?
“Joins” the family system
How can a structural family therapist join the system?
Mimesis–adopt a family’s communication and affective style
dose-effect model of psychotherapy
50% of people show improvement with 6-8 sessions
75% by 26th session
85% a little over a year
Model of effectiveness of pyschotherapy
(3 phases)
Remoralization
Remediation
Rehabilitation
Remoralization
Phase of effectiveness in psychotherapy
decrease in feelings of hopelessness
occurs during first few sessions
Remediation
Phase Model of Psychotherapy Effectiveness
Symptom Relief
requires up to 16 additional sessions
Rehabilitation
Phase model effectiveness of psychotherapy
gradual improvement in longstanding maladaptive behavioral patterns
Verbs for each family therapist
Bowenian coaches
Minuchin joins
Haley directs
Milan plays games on a team
Displacement
Uncomfortable impulse is expressed on a safe target (usually the therapist)
accuse therapist of being distracted because spouse is distracted
Projection
attributing personal thoughts and beleifs to someone else
You feel angry so you feel your therapist is angry
Sublimation
Transformation of unwanted impulses or acts into something socially acceptable
Undoing
Releives anxiety about a behavior by attempting to make up for it in other areas
What sets REBT apart from other CBT methods?
ABC-DE
Disputation of irrational beleifs
acitively confront and challenge irrational beleifs
Topographical Model
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
Psychodynamic assumptions
current psychological problems can be traced back to early experiences and are due to unconscious experiences
Structural Theory
of psychoanalysis
ID
EGO
SUPEREGO
ID
unconscious biological instincts (sexual, aggressive)
How do we gain information about the id?
Deduced from dreams, slips of the tounge, and free association
Personality is derived from
Psychoanalysis
interactions between the id, the ego, and the superego
Ego
wants to gratify ID in socially acceptable ways
secondary process thinking = logical and rational
primary process thinking
unconscious, impulsive and irrational
Ex. ID
Secondary process thinking
logical and rational
Ex. Ego
Pleausure principle
Associated with the ID
seeks immediate gratification of it’s ego
Reality principle
attempts to gratify instincts in ways compatible with requirements of reality
Ex. Ego
Superego
Conscience
evolves from internalized parental prohibitions, standards, values
Describe the relationship between the EGO and ID
Ego attempts to gratify the ID’s instincts in realistic and socially acceptable ways
Describe the relationship between the SUPEREGO and ID
Superego permanently blocks the ID from socially unacceptable instincts
According to psychoanalysis, conflicts are caused by conflicting….
demands between the ID, the Superego, and reality
What arises when the ego is unable to reconcile conflict between the id and superego?
Defense Mechanisms
Defense mechanisms
definition
unconsciously distort or deny reality
Defense Mechanisms
examples
Denial, Displacement, Projection
Reaction formation, Repression, Rationalization
Regression
Sublimation
Displacement
(defense mechanism: Freudian)
unacceptable impulse expressed toward a safe target
Projection
defense mechanism: Freudian
transferring your own unacceptable feelings onto someone else
Goal of psychoanalysis
Procedures of Psychoanalysis: Freudian
- bring unconscious unresoved conflicts into consciousness
- strengthen the ego so behavior is less instinctual and more on reality
Targets of Analysis
Psychoanalysis: Freudian
free association
resistance
dreams
transference
Procedures of Psychoanalysis
Confrontation
Clarification
Interpretation
Working Through
Confrontation
Procedures of Psychoanalysis: Freudian
help clients view their behavior in new ways
*giving an interpretation*
Clarification
Procedures of Psychoanalysis: Freudian
bring behavior into sharper focus
challenge–I noticed you are late when we talk about tough topics
Interpretation
Procedures of Psychoanalysis: Freudian
explicit linking of client’s conscious behavior to unconscious processes
repeated interpretations lead to catharsis
Working through
Procedures of Psychoanalysis: Freudian
testing, accepting, and assimilating new insights
Other psychodynamic therapies
Jung’s Analytical Psychology
Adler’s Individual Psychology
Neo-Freudians
Ego Analysts
Object-Relations Theory
Jung’s Analytical Psychology keyword (3)
Collective unconscious, archetypes, individuation
Adler’s Individual Psychology keyword
Style of Life
Neo-Freudians keyword (3)
moving toward, against, away
proto,para,syntaxic
character styles
Ego-analyast keyword
ego-defensive functions
Object relations keyword
object constancy
Jung vs. Freud
- Rejected sexual energy as primary motivator
- More positive view of human nature
- Believed behavior impacted by past events and future goals and aspirations
Structure of Psyche
(Jung Analytical Psychology)
Conscious
Personal Unconscious
Collective Unconscious
Conscious
(Jungian Analytical Psychology)
Ego that contians all thoughts and feelings we are aware of
Personal unconscious
(Jungian Analytical Psychology)
thoughts, feelings, attitudes that relates to a concept (e.g. power); includes complexes
influences behavior
Collective unconscious
general wisdom shared by all people over time
includes archetypes
What are achetypes?
(Jung Analytical Psychology)
universal mental structures that predispose ppl to react to circumstances a certain way
type of collective unconscious
Types of archetypes
- Personas (social masks)
- The shadow (repressed aspects of self)
- anima/animus (femine/masculine aspects of self)
Jung Personality Attitude and Functions
Sensing
Thinking
Feeling
Intuiting
Goal of Jung Analytical Psychology
bring unconscious material to consciousness to facilitate individuation
Individuation
(Jung Analytic Psychology)
Goal of therapy
integrate all unconscious and conscious apsects of self into unified whole
Techniques for individuation involve
(Jung Analytic)
Interpretation
Active Imagination
Analysis of Transference
Adler’s vs. Freud
- innate social interest vs. sexual interest
- conscious vs. unconscious processes
- impact of future goals on current behavior (teological)
Adler’s individual psychology is known for
“Style of life”
ways people strive for superiority
How do feelings of inferiority develop in Adlerian psychology?
(psychoanalysis)
in childhood
in response to (real or imagined) disabilities and inadequacy
Adlerian psychology beleives that each person has an innate drive to strive toward competence and effectiveness. This drive is called…
“Striving for superiority”
Style of Life
(Adlerian)
ways ppl strive for superiority
Healthy style of life is characterized by
goals that involve concern for personal accomplishments AND welfare of others
unhealthy style of life is characterized by
(Adlerian)
self-centered goals and lack of concern for others
When is style of life influenced>?
First 4 or 5 years of life.
What parenting styles can lead to an unhealthy style of life?
Consistent pampering or neglect
distorts young children’s social feelings
Adler is most concerned with
social interest; developing concern for others
Goal of Adler Individual Psychology
Replace unhealthy SOL with healthy SOL
Adlerian Strategies
Early recollection
dream interpretation
encouragement
modeling
prescribing the symptom
acting as if
Phases of Adlerian Therapy
- Build the therapeutic relationship
2 . explore development of mistaken “style of life”
- develop social life
Adlerian approach can involve
individual, group therapy, family therapy,
parent and teacher education
Other Psychoanalytic approaches
Jung
Adlerian
Neo-Freudians
Ego Analyst
Object Relations
Jung key terms
personal and collective unconscious
individuation
Neo-freudian key terms
Interpersonal coping stratgies for parenting behaviors (Karen Horney)
Prototaxic, Parataxic, Syntaxtic (Harry Stack Sullivan)
Society stops individuals from realizing human nature (Erich Fromm)
Help clients build more adaptive ego defenses (Ego-Analyst)
Object Relations Theory (object constancy)
Adlerian key terms
“style of life”
“social interest”
NeoFreudians vs. Freud
- low importance on instinctual drives
- social and cultural contributions to personality
- pos. view of human nature
- personality affected by events throughout lifespan
Major Neo-Freudians
Karen Horney
Henry Stock Sullivan
Erich Fromm
Object Relations vs. Freud
behavior is motivated by a desire for human connection rather than sexual/aggressive drives
Object relations techniques
Analyze resistance and transference
interpret dreams
other psychoanalytic techniques
Object Relations–important constructs
- Object Constancy
- Mahler’s Seperation-Individuation
Object Relations underlying assumption/theory
infants develop mental representations of self in relation to objects that influence how they relate to ppl later in life
Object constancy
Mahler’s object relations
Ability to maintain positive emotional connection with object independent of:
- infant’s need state
- object’s ability to gratify child’s needs
Mahler’s acquistion of object constancy (stages)
- Normal autistic stage
- Normal symbiotic stage
- Separation-individuation stage
Symbiotic stage
Mahler’s acquisition of object constancy
aware of external environment but no differentiation between self and others (mom)
Normal autistic stage
Mahler’s acquisition of object constancy
infant only aware of himself
first few weeks of life
Separation-individuation
Mahler’s acquisition of object constancy
seperation: differentiates itself from mother
individuation: develops internal representation of self and other
* begins 5 months of age to 36 months*
* when pathology occurs*
Object relations therapy goals
repalce maladaptive internalized representation of interpersonal relationship with healthier version to improve current relationships
Object relations essential components
Client-therapiast relationship is essential;
acts as reparenting
must provide empathy, support, and acceptance
Piaget’s stages
Sensorimotor (birth to toddlerhood)
Preoperational (2 to 7 years)
Concrete Operational (7-12 years)
Formal Operational (adolescents to adulthood)
Preoperational skills
develop symbolic functions; one thing can stand for another
Ex. language, pretend pay, solve problems mentally
What limitations are associated with the preoperational stage?
transductive reasoning
egocentrism
magical thinking
animism
centration
What two limitations of the preoperational stage lead to magical thinking and animism?
transductive reasoning
egocentrism
Transductive reasoning
children beleive two events that occur at the same time are causal
Preoperational Stage
Egocentrism
inability to understand others do not experience things the same they we do
Preoperational stage
What reality mistakes will kids make in the preoperation stage?
magical thinking
animism
Why will children in the preoperational phase use magical thinking and animism?
Limitations of the preoperational stage include transductive reasoning and egocentrism
What is magical thinking?
false beleif that you have control over events; that thinking about it can make it happen
characteristic of Piaget’s Preoperational Stage
What is animism?
beleif that objects have thoughts, feelings, and other lifelike qualities
characteristic of Piaget’s preoperational stage
Mistakes of the Preoperational stage
Children ages 2-7 years old
magical thinking
animism
conservation (due to centration and irreversibility)
Centration
tendency to focus on one detail and neglect other important features
Irreversibility
Inability to understand that actions can be reversed
Cognitive working models of themselves and others is defined as…
Bowlby’s attachment models
Internal working models
This skill is achieved during the concrete operational stage
conservation
(decentration and reversibility)
Conservation develops sequentially during the concrete operational stage. The sequence includes:
conservation of numbers, length, liquid, mass, area, weight, and volume–in that order
(horizontal decalage–seq. mastering of concepts within a single stage of development)
According to Karen Horney pathology stems from
Neo-Freudian
early relations in childhood
Parenting behaviors of indifference, overprotection, or rejection causes anxiety in children
Karen Horney purports that children develop interpersonal coping strategies in response to parenting behaviors.
What are these interpersonal coping strategies?
How do they become unhealthy?
Neo Freudian
moving toward others
moving against others
moving away from others
**over reliance on one is unhealthy
Henry Sullivan suggests three modes of cognitive experiences
prototaxic
parataxac
syntaxtic
Prototaxic
Neo Freudian Henry Stack Sullivan
“before symbols”
discrete, unconnected momentary states
Parataxic
Neo Freudian Henry Stack Sullivan
Private or autistic symbols
causal connections between events that happen at the same time
Syntaxic cognitive experiences
Neo Freudian Henry Stack Sullivan
symbols have shared meaning
logical sequential thought
meaningful communication
What do Neo-freud parataxic cognitive experience and transductive reasoning have in common?
Henry Stacks Sullivan and Freud
beleif of causality between events that happen at the same time
lends itself to magical thinking
How are parataxic cognitive experiences related to neurotic behavior?
have unsatisfactory relationships early in life
perceive and evaluate people in the present based on these past relationships
Erich Fromm was a Neofreudian who beleived
society stops individuals form realizing their essential human nature (loving, creative, productive)
People adopt character styles in response to society.
They are…
Eric Fromm and Neofreudian
- Receptive
- Exploitative
- Hoarding
- Marketing
- Productive
Ego Analyst therapy goal
help clients build more adaptive ego defenses
Ego defensive functions vs. ego autonomous functions
defensive functions = resolving internal conflicts
autonomous functions = memory, comprehension, perception
According to Ego Analysts, pathology occurs when
the ego loses it’s autonomy from the ID
healthy behavior must be under conscious control
Examples of Ego Analysts
Anna Freud
Erik Erikson
Heinze Hartman
Piaget believed children don’t deliberately lie untill the age of
7 years old
(in actuality children as young as 3 or 4 can lie intentionally, usually to avoid punishment)
“Success Identity” (originator)
Glasser’s Reality Therapy
meeting needs for survival, power, belonging, freedom, fun
transactionaly analysis (originator)
Bern
gestalt therapy (originator)
Frtiz Perls
client-centered therapy (originator)
Rogers
ethnic matching results in
lower dropout rate
longer duration
especially for asians, followed by AA
Hypnosis involves:
absorption
dissociation
suggestibility
L (Lie)
MMPI
High score = lack of insight or desire for favorable light
Low score = exaggeration of negative characteristics, independence, frankness
high K score indicates
Defensiveness or denial
or responding false to all items
High L (Lie) score on the MMPI represents
showing self in favorable light
High K (correction) score on the MMPI
faking good; defensiveness/denial
low score indicates faking bad
Low K score indicates
self-critical
K (correction scale)
MMPI
high score = defensiveness or denial; “fake good”
low score = self criticalness
High F (infrequency) score on MMPI
malingering or “faking bad”
- T-score > 90 invalidates the profile*
- low score means “faking good”;*
- answer all items true or false, sig. pathology*
high scores on the K scale are associated with
- defensiveness (fake good)
- Higher SES
- Formal education
Malingering profile
MMPI
High “F” score with high F-K index
F (Infrequency)
MMPI
high score = “fake bad”; malingering; sig. pathology
low score = social conformity or “faking good”
T-score of 90 invalidates scale
high-context communication
based on nonverbal
similar to report level information
low context communication
based on verbal information
similar to command level information
Mahler’s object relations seperation is defined as
when the child disengages and differentiates from mother
Mahler’s object relations individuation is defined as
recognizes the existence of self and others
selection-treatment interaction
threat to external validity
circumstance-specific
won’t generalize to a different circumstance
Main humanistic-existential psychotherapies
Person-centered therapy
Gestalt therapy
Existential therapy
Reality therapy
Three conditions for therapist
Person Centered Therapy
empathy
congruence
unconditional positive regard
Person-Centered therapy goal
maintain a state of congruence
Gestalt Therapy keywords
(Fritz Perls)
homeostasis
boundary disturbance
awareness of self
Gestalt Therapy maladjustment (neurosis) occurs when…
a persistent disturbance in contact boundary between person and environment
stops the person able to satisfy their needs to return to homeostasis
Gestalt Therapy assumptions
all behavior motivated by striving toward homeostasis (balance)
Gestalt Therapy goals
clients gain self awareness and assume responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings, and actions
Gestalt Therapy techniques
“I” statements
Empty Chair Techniques
boundary disturbances include:
Gestalt Therapy
Introjection
Projection
Retroflection
Deflection
Confluence
Introjection
Gestalt Therapy
tendency to internalize beliefs and judgements of others without critical evaluation
:
Deflection
Gestalt boundary therapy
tendency to avoid direct contact with others
Projection
Gestalt boundary therapy
disowning unacceptable aspects of self by attributing them to someone else
f
Retroflection
Gestalt boundary therapy
doing to yourself what you’d like to do to someone else
Confluence
Gestalt therapy
Blurring of seperation between self and other; causes loss of identity
Existential therapy involves a person’s personality and views as a reflecion of their…
ultimate concerns of existence
Existential Anxiety
Existential Therapy
Existential (normal) anxiety is porportional to cause and serves as a catalyst for change.
Neurotic Anxiety
Existential Therapy
Neurotic anxiety impacts subjective free will and inability to take responsibility
Existential Therapy Goals
minimize nuerotic anxiety
tolerate unavoidable existential anxiety
A therapist of existential therapy will…
need an authentic therapeutic alliance
does not rely on techniques
Glasser’s Reality Therapy keyword
Success vs. Failure Identify
Choice Theory
Reality Therapy
choices determine quality of lives and can either create or resolve problems
Five basic needs that motivate choice are…
Reality Therapy
Love and Belonging
Power
Fun
Freedom
Survival
Success vs. Failure Identity
Success identity fulfills need responsibly
Failure identify meets needs in an irresponsible manner
Reality Therapy goal
help client take responsibility for actions and adopt appropiate way to fulfill needs
failure —> success identity
Reality therapy focuses on past vs. current behavior?
current
Reality Therapy techniques
W–wants, needs, perception
D–what are you doing now; future direction
E–evaluate to determine effectiveness
P—positive plans for improvement; commitment to change
Reality Therapy techniques
instruction, modeling, role-play
contracts, confrontation
humor
First words occur between
10 to 16 months
Children begin to use several words to get across a thought at this age
18 months
Court referred cases you do/don’t have to seek consent?
Do
Court ordered cases you do/don’t have to seek consent?
Don’t.
But review limits of confidentiality
According to Beck, depression is caused by…
dysfunctional automatic thoughts
may or may not be irrational
According to Albert Ellis, depression is caused by…
dysfunctional irrational thoughts
Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Beck’s CBT
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Stress Innoculation Training
Self Instructional Training
Problem Solving Therapy
Biofeedback
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Albert Ellis
A ntecedents
Beliefs about event
C onsequences (emotional or behavior)
D isputation of irrational beleifs
E ffective rational beliefs
How does Albert Ellis define an irrational belief?
REBT
a belief is irrational if it elicits consequences that interfere with goals
REBT Irrational Beleifs (Examples)
“Awfulizing”
“I can’t stand it–itis”
“Damnation of oneself, others, the world”
What is disputation?
REBT
actively confronting and challenging client’s irrational beleifs
distinguishes REBT it from other cog. beh. therapies
Stress Inoculation Training founder
Meichenbaum
Stress inoculation theory
coping with mild levels of stress inoculates you against future stressful situations
Three phases of stress inoculation
Conceptualization
Skills Acquisition
Application and follow through
Conceputalization phase
Stress Inoculation
educate about nature of stress and effects
Rxn’s to events are affected by perception of situation
Skills Acquisition
Stress Inoculation Training
Relaxation
Assertiveness
Anger control
Problem Solving
Attention diversion
Application and follow through
Stress Inoculation training
Apply skills in stressful situations
- imagination
- in vivo
- relapse prevention procedure
Self-Instructional Training orginators
Meinchenbaum and Goodman
Self Instructional Training is helpful for which populations?
anxiety
LD
How does self instructional training help with self control?
Can help someone modify own behaviors through use of self-talk
Self Instructional Training steps
Cognitive Modeling
Overt External Guidance
Overt Self Guidance
Faded Overt Self Guidance *whisper*
Covert Self Instruction
Problem Solving Therapy is built on the assumption that…
Depression and other psych problems are due to deficits in social problem solving skills
Two goals of problem-solving therapy
Goal 1: develop positive problem orientation
Goal 2: develop rational problem-solving style
Biofeedback types
EMG (electromyography)
EEG (electroencephaogram)
Thermal
Electroencephalogram biofeedback used to treat
Neurofeedback
Depression, anxiety, ADHD, insomnia, seizure etc.
Electroymyography biofeedback used to treat
Provides information about muscle tension
tension headaches
chronic pain
motor impairment
Thermal biofeedback
gives info about skin temp.
Raynaud’s disease
migraine headaches
Key words in existential therapies
Person Centered–incongruence
Gestalt–awareness of self in here and now
Existential–neurotic anxiety
Reality Therapy–WDEP; success or failure identity
Brief Therapies
Solution Focused
Transtheoretical Model of Change
Motivational Interviewing
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Solution Focused Therapy techniques
Miracle questions
Exception questions
Transtheoretical model of change (stages)
precontemp, contemplation
preparation, action
maintenance
termination
Motivational Interviewing Techniques
O–open questions
A–affirmation
R–reflective listening
S–summaries
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
focuses on 1/4 problem areas:
role transitions, role disputes, interpersonal deficits, complicated grief
High context communication
Cultural considerations: Communication styles
relies heavily on nonverbal messages, context
characteristic of ethnic groups (e.x. Korean)
Low context communication
Relies on verbal messages independent from context
ex. European Americans
Racial/Cultural Identity Development Model stages
- Atkinson, Morten, and Sue’s model*
- 5 stages of development opressed people go through*
- Conformity
- Dissonance
- Resistance-Immersion
- Introspection
- Integrative Awareness
Stage 1: Conformity
RCID
- Prefer lifestyle and values of dominant culture
- Neg. feelings about their min. group
- Prefer a therapist from dominant group
Stage 2: Dissonanace
RCID
- Confusion and conflict when in situations that clash with cultural beleifs
- Values of dominant group not always benefecial
- Begin to have pos. attitudes toward their group
- Prefer dominant group therapist that is knowledgeable about their culture
Stage 3: Resistance and Immersion
RCID
- Actively reject dominant culture;
- Guilty/angry
- Psychological problems result of oppression
- therapist from own minority group
Stage 4: Introspection
RCID
- conflict between autonomy and constraints of resistance/immersion stage
- question unequivocal loyalty to own group and rejection of main group
- interested in exploring new identity in therapy (still prefer therapist from own group but open)
Stage 5: Integrative Awareness
RCID
- Appreciate aspects of own culture and dominant culture
- Desire to become more multicultural and eliminate all oppression
- Preference of therapist based on similarity of attitudes and wordview rather than race
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model stages
- Pre-Encounter
- Encounter
- Immersion-Emersion
- Internalization
- Internalization-Commitment
Stage 1: Pre-Encounter
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model
- Prefer White Culture
- Internalized neg. stereotypes of blacks
Stage 2: Encounter
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model stages
- racial event triggers questioning of positive attitude toward white culture
- realize you are a target for racism
Stage 3: Immersion-Emersion
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model
- White culture bad; Black culture good
- Learn black history; prefer associating with own race
Stage 4: Internalization
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model
- Develop sense of security about black identity
- Negative feelings of white culture decline
- Race becomes less salient
Stage 5: Internalization-Commitment
Cross’s Black Racial Identity Development Model
- have an internalized black identity
- committed to social activism to improve equality for all oppressed groups
Troidan’s Model of Homosexual Identity Development stages
Sensitization
Identity Confusion
Identity Assumption
Identity Commitment
African American clients
Guidelines for multicultural counseling
- Multisystems approach
- emphasize empowerment; egalitarian T-C relationship
- Focus on problem solving and decision-making skills
Hispanic American clients
Guidelines for multicultural counseling
- psychological symptoms = somatic complaints
- may expect short # of sessions and medication
- solutions-focused
- family welfare > individual welfare
American Indian clients
Guidelines for multicultural counseling
- sharing and cooperation important; family/tribe > individual
- spirit, mind, body are all interconnected
- nonverbal > verbal;
- Collaborative therapeutic relationship
Asian American clients
Guidelines for multicultural counseling
- Somatic = psychological symptoms
- hierarchical, patriarchical, children dependent on parents
- formal style and establish credibility
Counseling in older adults
characteristics to keep in mind when counseling
Older adults have more heterogeneity
lower rates of depression than young ppl
Caplan’s three levels of prevention
- Primary–implemented before a disorder occurs
- Secondary–early intervention to stop full-blown disorder
- Tertiary–prevent recurrence of a disorder
Caplan’s mental health consultation
- client-centered case
- consultee-centered case
- program-centered administrative
- consultee-centered administrative
Client-centered consultation
Caplan’s mental health consultation model
consultant provides the consultee with recommendations on how to best work with the client
Consultee-centered case consultation
Caplan’s mental health consultation model
consultant addresses deficiencies (skill, knowledge, bias) in consultee that interfere with providing effective services
ex. theme interference
Program-centered administrative consultation
Caplan’s mental health consultation model
consultant works with program administrator to help with an existing program
Consultee-centered administrative consultation
Caplan’s mental health consultation model
consultant works with program administrator to help admins ability/skills to design/evaluate future programs
Suicide risk factors
(age, gender, race, marital status)
- suicide increases with age
- Males commit 4x suicide; Females attempt more
- White commit suicide more; Exception is young adult Am. Indians
- recent divorce; married<single></single>
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Beck Hopelessness Scale score for suicidality
score of 9 or higher
Client-Therapist racial matching impacts
- more impact on client’s perception of therapist then on therapy outcome (esp. for AA)
- MAY reduce risk of termination
therapist’s cultural competence, compassion, worldview more important for therapy outcome
BDI scores
0-13 = minimal depression (child)
14-19 = mild depression (adolescent)
20-28 = moderate depression (young adult)
29-63 = severe depression (adult)
psychoanalytic would attribute anxiety to
failure of the ego defenses
psychoanalytic would attribute passive aggressiveness to
denial of negative impulses
psychoanalytic would attribute psychosis with…
primitive fantasies of aggression
a psychoanalytic would attribute depression as….
narcissistic injury in early life
BASIC ID comes from what theoretical orientation?
Multimodal therapy
Multimodal therapy uses this to assess what interventions will work…
BEHAVIOR
AFFECTIVE
SENSATIONS
IMAGERY
C OGNITIONS
INTERPERSONAL REL
DRUGS, bio functions, nutri, exercise
George Kelly personal construct theory asserts…
peope interpret the world through cognitive schemas
personal interpretations > event itself
Adler described pyschopathology as being caused by…
maladaptive style of life
concern for both personal accomplishments and welfare of others
Sue’s specific reasearch on ethnic matching found that
ethnic matching improved therapy outcomes and reduced premature termination for Asian and Mexican Americans; but had less of an effect on AA
findings specific to just this study; results vary
Dose-effect relationship in psychotherapy
15 % show improvement intake/first session
50% after 8 sessions
75% improve after 26 sessions
Huntington’s disease is most associated with decreased amounts of _________ in the striatum (i.e. caudate and putamen of the basal ganglia)?
GABA
(leads to an overproduction of dopamine which leads to chorea–uncontrollable and irregular movements)
people progress from infantile dependency to mature interdependency is a tenet of which psychotherapy?
George Kelly’s self in relation
Transference
projecting one’s feelings about an important figure onto someone else
(therapist)
“Dysfunctional automatic thoughts”
Beck vs. Ellis
Beck
*thoughts could or could not be rational
“dysfunctional irrational thoughts”
Beck vs. Ellis
Ellis
displacement
redirecting emotions from one person to a safe target
ex. dad yelling at nurse instead of marquita
transference
transferring feelings of someone special to a different person (therapist)
ex. observing characteristics of your mother in your new boss;
“i love my new supervisor. ι’d do anything for her”
“you remind me of my old bf”
projection
accusing someone else of what you actually think/feel/believe
Wolpe is associated with
systematic desensitization
(type of counter conditioning; helpful for phobias)
Sternberg’s Triarchic Model
componential (analytical)–process and analyze info
experiential (creative)–respond to unknown
contextual (practical)–respond to environment
Three interacting facets of intelligence
Guilford’s Structure of Intelligence
Horn and Catell’s Gf-Gc model
distinguishes between Gc and Gf
Caroll’s three stratum model
stratum iii–general intelligence
stratum ii–eight broad abilities
stratum i–abilites linked to broad abilities
Gardner’s Mulitiple Intelligences Model
Eight intellectual abilities
linguisitc
logical-mathematical
musical
bodily-kinesthetic
spatial
interpersonal
intrapersonal
naturalist
Theories of Emotions
James-Lange–I am afraid because I run
Cannon-Bard–emotions and thoughts occur together
Schacter-Singer Cog Arousal–emotions are because of physical arousal and cognitive intepretation of the arousal
Most important group therapeutic factors are…
cohesiveness,
interpersonal learning
carthasis
James Lange
Theory of Emotion
Physical reaction causes emotion
“I am sad because I cry”
Cannon-Bard theory
Theory of Emotion
emotions cause physiological symptoms/happen at the same time
I’m sad and I am crying
Schacter and Singer
Theories of Emotion
emotions = physical arousal + cognitive appraisal of the arousal
lazarus cognitive appraisal theory
primary appraisal, secondary appraisal, and reappraisal
The personality trait of social inhibition is usually evident by what age?
4 months
Electroconvulsive therapy and memory
patchy anterograde amnesia (lasts up to 6 months)
temporary retrograde amnesia (of months leading up to ECT)
Sequence of interventions in psychoanalytic theory
Confrontation
Clarification
Interpretation
Working Through
Interpesonal Therapy uses which model?
Medical model–focused on relieving symptoms
Object relations key term
re-parenting
emotional non-neutrality
Bowenian approach was strongly influenced by…
psychoanalytics
insight heavy—gaining insight through transgeneration approach
Kohut is an object relations therapist best known for his work in…
narcissim
parents responding in unempathetic ways creates narcissitic chidren
Unlike Psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy focuses on the…
here and now
Transference in psychoanalysis vs. gestalt therapy
encouraged vs. seen as a distortion impacting contact boudnary
Functions of defense mechanisms in psychoanalytics are…
to keep the id’s impulses from reaching consciousness
(happens when ego can’t subdue id)
which ethnic group has the lowest drop out rate?
Asian americans
which ethnic group has the highest drop out group
African Americans