Module 29.2: Humanistic Psychological Interventions

Question 1

What are the different humanistic psychological interventions?

Answer 1

1. Client-Centered Therapy
2. Support Group
3. Home-Based Self-Help Programs
4. Social Skills Training
5. Family Therapy
6. Group Therapy
7. Psychological Debriefing
8. Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
9. Motivational Interviewing
10. Milieu Therapy
11. Parent Management Training
12. Gestalt Therapy
13. Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy

Question 2

Client-Centered Therapy

Answer 2

clinicians try to help clients by accepting, empathizing accurately, and conveying genuineness (Carl Rogers)

Question 3

Family Therapy

Answer 3

therapist meets with the all the members of a family and helps them to change in therapeutic ways

Question 4

Maudsley Model (Family Therapy)

Answer 4

blames neither the parents nor the child for the disease

Question 5

Group Therapy

Answer 5

group of people with similar problems meet together with a therapist to work on those problems

Question 6

Psychological Debriefing

Answer 6

+ form of crisis intervention in which victims are helped to talk their feelings and reactions to traumatic experiences
+ critical incident stress debriefing

Question 7

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

Answer 7

+ treatment for depression that based on belief that clarifying and changing one’s interpersonal problems will help lead to recovery
+ improving interpersonal functioning, addresses current problems and relationships rather than childhood or developmental issues

Question 8

Motivational Interviewing

Answer 8

use mixture of empathy and inquiring review to motivate clients to recognize they have serious psychological problem and to commit to making constructive choices and behavior changes

Question 9

Milieu Therapy

Answer 9

institutions can help patients recover by creating a climate that promotes self-respect, individual responsible behavior, and meaningful activity

Question 10

Parent Management Training

Answer 10

combine family and cognitive-behavioral interventions to improve family functioning and help parents deal with their children more effectively

Question 11

Gestalt Therapy

Answer 11

clinicians actively move clients toward self-recognition and self-acceptance by using techniques such as role playing and self- discovery exercises

Question 12

Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy

Answer 12

+ derived from interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and behavioral intervention for social rhythm and sleep-wake regulation
+ focus on the difficulties that children and adolescents with BD have with the rhythmicity of their behaviors