Counseling and Helping Relationships (4/6) Flashcards
Miscellaneous terms
The brain grows and differentiates because of
- genetics
- continuous interaction with environment
Since a person’s experiences with different environmental stimuli and events throughout life can promote re-mapping of different regions, so too the experience of therapy can restructure neural networks
Triune model of the brain
Surviving Brain
the stem and responds to danger and controls automatic functions (flight-fight)
Triune model of the brain
Feeling Brain
limbic system. emotion center, mediating feelings/thoughts, storing some memory
Triune model of the brain
Thinking Brain
cortex. executive functions, meaning-making, self-awareness
Neuroplasticity
brain’s ability to reproduce new neurons and reorganize itself as the individual experiences new situations and experiences (including psychotherapy)
Many counseling approaches result in formation of new neurons and connections. The production of neurotransmitters is promoted
Does CBT promote cognitive restructuring in clients with PTSD
Yes.
CBT promotes new connections within memory network leading to reduction of symptoms
Does EMDR help clients access new, more adaptive info?
Yes
Biofeedback (neurofeedback)
is useful for many client problems including sleep disorders, anxiety attacks, phobias, migraines
attempts to rewire neural networks
Cultural neuroscience
counselors help generate neurons and networks to assist diverse clients to lead more satisfying and empowered lives
Ways to increase production of positive neurotransmitters besides talk therapy:
- invovement in integrative therapies like art/music/physical movement/exercise
- relaxation exercises
- balanced nutrition
- yoga
- new/repeated emotional/verbal/interpersonal processes of learning that have become ingrained into brain structures
Medication can reduce or control symptoms but
there are no biochemical means to change faulty interaction patterns and behaviors that have led to a disorder
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
standards require curricular experiences for all counselors in training to promote an understanding of theories of learning and personality develop to include current understanding of neurological behavior
CACREP definition of neurological behavior
relationship among brain anatomy, function, biochemistry, learning, behavior
Mindfulness components
- focus and attention on one’s current experience including environment, internal sensations, emotions, thoughts
- nonjudgmental, accepting attitude to whatever the client is experiencing externally/internally
Mindfulness
form of mental discipline with a focus on the here and now
may include:
- deep breathing exercises
- relaxation techniques
- meditation
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
assists client in stopping the self-perpetuating mental habits of ruminating on negative thoughts
- learn to pay attention to thoughts/body sensations in a nonjudgmental way
- accept them and let go of cycles and patterns of responding that are not useful
Purpose of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
not to change these thoughts/body sensations as much as change the relationship to them in a reframing sort of way
Application of mindfulness counseling practices
- depression
- GADs
- stress
- anxiety
mindfulness may not be appropriate for:
- schizophrenia
- bipolar disorder
- PTSD
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Empathic understanding
the ability to experience the client’s subjective world including feelings/cognitions
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Congruence
AKA genuineness
counselor is authentic and integrated in the counseling session
can also mean an agreement between client’s behavior and their values/beliefs
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Unconditional positive regard
AKA acceptance
counselor is caring without condition and is neither evaluative nor judgmental
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Concreteness
the extent to which the client and the counselor deal with issues in specific terms rather than in vague generalities
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Immediacy
dealing with what is going on in the counseling process at the present time
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Interpretation
uncover and suggest meanings and relationships often underlying the apparent expression
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Self-disclosure
appropriate self-disclosure means that the counselor shares personal affect and experiences relative to the client’s issues
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Attending
several behaviors including listening, engaging in eye contact, and being psychologically present
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Restatement
repeating what the client has stated with emphasis on the cognitive message
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Reflection
repeating what the client has stated with emphasis on the affective or feeling portion of the message
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Paraphrasing
restating the message of the client to show or to gain understanding
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Summarizing
counselor or client brings together several ideas or feelings usually following a lengthy interchange
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Silence
may have many meanings:
- quietly thinking
- boredom
- hostility
- waiting for the counselor to lead
- preparing the next thrust
- emotional integration
Counseling skills and conditions influencing counseling
Confrontation
occurs when the counselor identifies and presents discrepancies between a client’s verbal and nonverbal behaviors or between counselor’s and client’s perceptions
Clinical Interventions
the treatment plan outlines the counseling interventions
Interventions are influenced by:
- diagnosis
- client characteristics
- counselor therapeutic orientation
Evidence-based interventions
should know and apply evidence-based research findings in selecting therapeutic interventions
- particular issues/problems consistent with particular client characteristics may thus be dealt with most effectively
- quality standards of care are the goal and consistent with ethical practices
Dual-diagnosis interventions
integrate practices with other mental health specialists including doctors
- ex. co-occurring mental disorders and substance use issues - need additional professional interventions
ensures an appropriate level of care is provided
Structuring
defining the nature, limits, goals of the counseling process
- roles of client and counselor may be described
Robert Carkhuff
five point scales to measure empathy, genuineness, concreteness, respect
- counselor responses may be viewed as additive, interchangeable, subtractive
Carl Jung - Analytic Psychology
Collective unconscious
determined by evolutionary development of the human species and contains brain patterns for the most intense emotional responses that humans experience
There is also a personal unconscious (similar to Freud’s)
Carl Jung
Archetype
operant for collective unconscious
response pattern occurring universally in the human experience and is characterized by an emotional charge to the existential issue of identity, meaning, purpose
- ex. anima, animus (female/male traits)
- androgynous (having both male and female characteristics)
- dark side of the personality relates to animal instincts
- extroversion/introversion (MBTI has roots in Jung)
the self is symbolized as a mandala or a balnce between the personal unconscious and collective unconscious