Models Of Psychotherapy Flashcards
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Pertaining to the cognitive, emotional and volitional mental processes that consciously and unconsciously motivate behavior. Theses processes are the interplay between genetic and biological heritage, the sociocultural milieu, past and current realities, perceptual abilities and distortions and ones unique experiences and memories.
What is psychodynamic theory?
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY Psychoanalytic psychotherapy (Freud) Analytic theory (Jung) Individual psychology (Adler) The neo-Freudians The ego-analysts Object-relations theorists
Types of psychodynamic therapy
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The hypothesis and treatment applications about human personality and its development as proposed by Freud. Influential between 1940-1965. Two separate but interrelated theories comprised personality.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
1.personality has 3 structures
A)Id- present at birth, consist of individuals unconscious drive/needs. Seeks immediate gratification of need to avoid tension. Operates on pleasure principal.
B)ego- 6 months; responds to Ids inability to gratify all needs; defers gratification until an appropriate object is available in reality; employs
secondary process thinking (perception, sensation, memory and logical thinking). Operates on reality principle. Acts as mediator b/w Id and superego.
C) superego- 4-5 years; internalization of societal norms; rewarded behaviors become part of ideal norms; punished behaviors are incorporated into conscious; tries to block the Ids socially unacceptable drives.
2. Conflict b/w any two of these 3 structures produces anxiety. The ego responds to anxiety produced by unresolved conflict by resorting to one of the following defense mechanisms:
3. These defense mechanisms all operate on an unconcious level and they all serve to deny reality
Personality theory
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The partial or complete arrest of personality dev at one of the psychosexual stages
Fixation
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Individual engages in a repetitious ritual to abolish the results of a previous action.
Undoing
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Replacing an unobtainable or unacceptable goal with one that is attainable and acceptable.
Substitution
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Memories are separated from the emotions that once accompanied them
Isolation
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A mental mechanism in which one tries to make up for real or imagined characteristics that are considered to be undesirable
Compensation
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
A mental process in which a person forms and image of another person who is important and then thinks, acts and feels in a way that resembles the other person’s behavior
Identification
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Anxiety or emotional conflict is transformed into overt physical manifestations or symptoms such as pain, loss of feeling or paralysis
Conversion
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The individual has thoughts or feelings that are inappropriate to the current situation
Dissociation
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Protects the personality for anxiety and guilt by disavowing or ignoring unacceptable thoughts, emotions or wishes
Denial
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
A mental mechanism in which an individual derives feelings from another person or object and directs them internally to an imagined form of the person or object
Introjection
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Unacceptable aspects of ones own personality is rejected or attributed to another person or entity
Projection
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
An individual behaves or thinks in ways or assumes values that are the opposite of the unconcious trait
Reaction- formation
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Behaviors and thought patterns that indicate a return to earlier or more primitive levels of development
Regression
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The individual unconsciously pushes certain unacceptable memories, ideas and desires from the conciosness
Repression
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Transfers certain thoughts, feelings and wishes onto other thoughts and feelings that are more desirable
Displacement
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Desires and distinctive drives that are consciously intolerable and cannot be directly realized are diverted into creative activities that are acceptable to the individual and society
Sublimation
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
An individual explains or justifies an action or thought to make it acceptable when it is unacceptable at a deeper psychological level
Rationalization
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The individual ignores feelings/emotions and analyzes problems as objectively as possible but but usually in a stylized overly-rational way
Intellectualization
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY Free association Transference/ counter transference Analyzing/ interpreting resistance Ego analysis Dream interpretation
Techniques of psychoanalytic psychotherapy:
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Hypothesis that personality is more a result of striving for self -realization than a result of methods used to reduce anxiety. Jung is father. Rejected the notion that libido is primarily sexual in nature and he placed great emphasis on the role played by and individuals aspirations, goals, and plans for the future
Analytic theory
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- Personality incorporated a number of interacting structures and systems
- Psyche or mind consists of 3 structures:
A.Consciousness or ego- Part of the psyche that represents consciousness, memories, perceptions thoughts or feelings:
B. Personal unconcious contains experiences memories etc. that were once conscious but have been forgotten repressed or suppressed. Experiences in this structure eventually become grouped into complexes.
C. The collective unconscious contains experiences of past generations. These experiences are manifested as archetypes for universal thought forms. - The ultimate life goal is to achieve the state of individuation. This occurs when the unconscious aspects of personality are incorporated into the contents and the four psychological functions (thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting) achieving unity.
Analytic theory–
Theory based on following tenants
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- Word Association test
- Dream analysis
- Symptom analysis
- Life history
The techniques of analytic theory.
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
The school of thought about the development of personality and psychopathology. Originated by Alfred Adler. Emphasizes a persons lifestyle and the individuals striving to overcome inadequacy feelings.
Individual psychology
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- Inferiority feelings develop during childhood as a result of real or more importantly perceived biological, psychological or social weaknesses while striving for Superiority is an inherent tendency toward a perfect completion. Healthy individuals are cooperative for the common good. Unhealthy individuals are self-centered, competitive and power-hungry.
- Style of life is also influenced by birth order, family atmosphere and the family constellation.
- Mental disorders represent a mistaken style of life. The lifestyle is characterized by maladaptive compensation for feelings of inferiority, a preoccupation with achieving personal power and an undeveloped social interest.
- The therapeutic goal of alderian psychotherapy is to help a client replace a mistake and lifestyle with a healthier more adaptive one. The most healthy lifestyle is one that is characterized by a high degree of social interest.
Individual psychology is based on the following tenants:
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- Establish an alliance between therapist and client
- Help the client identify his/her lifestyle and its consequences
- Reorient the client’s attitudes to reflect a more adaptive lifestyle
- Study of dreams
- Interpretation of resistance and transference
- Role-playing
- Giving encouragement and advice
The techniques of individual psychology:
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
A theoretical orientation that basically follows Freudian theory that puts greater emphasis on socio-culture cultural factors, interpersonal relationships and psychosocial development into and through adulthood
The Neo-freudians
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
A) Social factors are the primary determinants of personality
- Horny was interested in early interpersonal relationships - Sullivan emphasized interpersonal relationships throughout the lifespan - Fromm was interested in the impact of society on personality development
B) horny believed that parental behaviors caused basic anxiety within a child
- Sullivan distinguished between three modes of cognitive experience (prototaxic, parataxic, and syntaxic). He believed that parataxic distortions were often the causes of maladaptive behavior.
- Fromm believed that maladaptive behavior is a result of society inhibiting people from fulfilling their human nature. He distinguished the five following character styles:(Receptive, exploitative, hoarding, marketing and productive). Only the productive type allows an individual to fulfill human nature. The other types lead to dysfunctional behavior.
The basic tenets of neo- Freudians are:
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- Therapist as participant observer
- Interpretation and insight
The techniques of Neo Freudians
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Emphasize the impact of the ego personality development. They believe healthy behavior is under conscious control. When the ego loses its autonomy from the Id or from reality behavior is no longer under conscious control and pathology may ensue. Techniques and goals are similar to those of psycho analysis. Reparenting may help the client build more healthy defenses. (Theorist are Freud, Hartmann, Ernest Kris, David Rappaport and Erick Erickson)
The ego analyst
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
Conceptualize the individual relationships with others based on early parent-child interactions and the internalized self images that are result of these interactions.
Object relations theorist
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
A) Maladaptive behavior is the result of abnormalities in object relations
B) The ego is present, whole and integrated at birth
C) Satisfying relationships keep the ego intact (Especially with mom)
D) Ungratifying relationships cause the ego to internalize introjects to gain control
E) Internalization involves splitting the object into three components that corresponds the way the individual has experience the object:
-Ideal (gratifying)
-Rejecting(Depriving)
-Exciting (enticing)
F) Mahler outlined individuation and separation as essential to the development of the internal object relations. She developed five developmental phases.
G) Object relations theorist view psychotherapy as an opportunity to provide the client with a special type of parenting that facilitates reintegration of the ego
Tenants of object-relations theory
PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
- An active role by therapist in therapy
- Assuming the role of the object is common
Techniques of object-relations theory
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Encompassing client centered therapy, Gestalt therapy transactional analysis, existential therapy and reality therapy this form of psychotherapy is a diverse collection of techniques.
- To understand the person one must understand his experience
- Individuals are unique and whole
- The focus is on the here and now
- Individuals have inherent potential for self-actualization and self-determination
- Therapy is an authentic, collaborative, egalitarian relationship between client and therapist
- Traditional labels and assessment techniques are rejected
What are tenants of HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Is based on the hypothesis that all people have an innate self- actualizing tendency. Carl Rogers is the founder of this movement. He believed that:
A) The self must remain unified, organized and hold to grow towards self actualization
B) The self becomes disorganized when there is incongruence between the self and experience
C) Incongruence between self and experience produces anxiety
D) When the unified self is threatened the individual may attempt to alleviate the anxiety through distortion or denial(defenses)
E) Defensive maneuvers are counter to self actualization
F) Positive self regard is the key to self actualization
Client-centered therapy
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
-if the therapist provides the right environment the client will achieve congruence between self and experience
-The right environment is provided by furnishing three facilitative conditions:
. A unconditional positive regard (the therapist genuinely cares about the client and affirms the clients worth as a person)
. Accurate empathetic understanding (the therapist has the ability to see the world as the client does and conveys the understanding to the client)
. Congruence (The therapist must be genuine in therapy)
-Therapy is nondirective and client centered
-Clients are the experts of their own inner processes
Techniques of client-centered therapy
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Based on the assumption that each individual is capable of assuming personal responsibility and living fully as an integrated person. Fritz pearls is the founder.
What is gestalt therapy?
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
A) Individuals should recognize the existence of gaps and distortions in their own thinking
B) Individuals will spontaneously express emotions and perceptions
C) Individuals will become aware of and take responsibility for their actions
D) People tend to seek closure
E) a person’s gestlats reflect his or her current needs
F) a person’s behavior represents a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts
G) Behavior can only be fully understood in context
H) a person experiences the world in accord with the principle of figure and ground
I) the personality has two parts: the self and the self image
-Self is the creative aspect of the personality that promotes the individuals inherent tendency for self actualization
-Self image is the “darker side”of the personality-it imposes external standards and hinders growth and self actualization
J) Maladaptive behavior is seen as growth disorder that involves the abandonment of the self for the self image
K) Maladaptive behavior is often the result of one or more boundary disturbances which all reflect identification with the self image:
* Introjection -means a person psychologically swallows whole concepts (Person accepts without understanding). Introjectors have difficulty distinguishing between “me” and “not me” in therapy.
* Projection -making someone or something in the environment responsible for what originates from one self
* Retroflection- doing to self what one wants to do to others
* Confluence -no boundary between self and environment
I) Awareness is a necessary precondition for appropriate change in behavior
Basic tenets of Gestalt therapy
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
- Therapist avoid labels
- Historical events only important when they directly impact current functioning
- Transference is counterproductive
- Directed awareness -direct questions keep clients in the here and now
- Language-therapist directs client to begin sentences with “I” to help them assume responsibility for actions
- No questions-questions foster intellectualizing and masked feelings
- games of dialogue- role playing and empty chair technique have client express feelings directly
- Assuming responsibility-therapist direct clients to use the phrase “I take responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings and actions”
- Dream work-elements of recurring dreams are representations of parts of the self that have not been fully accepted
Techniques of Gestalt therapy
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Commonly used in group settings, was developed in the late 1950s by Eric Berne. It has elements of humanistic therapy as well as psychoanalysis, Gestalt psychology, rational emotive therapy psychodrama and behavioral therapy.
What is transactional analysis (TA)?
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
A) There are four life positions: * I'm okay- you're okay * I'm okay -you're not okay * I'm not okay -you're okay * I'm not okay you're not okay We all start out at birth in the I'm okay-you're okay position depending on how our parents raises us, that position changes
B) There are three ego states
* adult (Loosely matches Freud ego)
* Parent (Correlates to super ego)
* Child(the I’d)
Positive parenting leads to an appropriate balance between the ego states
C) The script is a persons life plan. It is comprised of fantasy characters, games, physiological attributes and parental injunctions
D) Maladaptive behavior reflects an unhealthy life script, largely
attributable to parental practices
E) I’m okay-you’re not okay is characteristic of paranoid individuals
F) I’m not-okay you’re-okay is characteristic of individuals with depression, fear and mistrust
G) I’m not okay-you’re not okay = schizophrenia
H) The goal is to integrate the three egos states
Tenants of transactional analysis
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Therapist and client agree on a contract that defines goals for therapy and involves four different analysis:
- Structural analysis-client is taught to identify three ego states and is given permission to express all three
- Transactional analysis-often involves observing the client transactions in a group and using the empty chair technique
- Game analysis-techniques are used to identify a client’s games
- Script analysis-clients current script is identified and client is helped to develop an autonomous/scriptless behavior
Techniques of transactional analysis
HUMANISTIC/EXISENTIAL THEORY
Is a form of psychosocial and behavioral intervention in which the client is helped to develop a success identity based on love and worth. it was developed by William glasser.
Reality therapy