Psychodynamic + Humanistic Therapy Flashcards
Techniques for Freudian psychoanalysis
Confrontation, clarification, interpretation, catharsis
Confrontation
Helping clients become aware of behaviors that were unconscious
Clarification
Bring the behaviors into sharper focus by separating important details from extraneous material
Interpretation
linking conscious bx to unconscious bx
Catharsis
repeated interpretation leads to catharsis (experience of repressed emotion)/ insight into connection bw unconcious and conscious
3 aspects of personality?
Id, ego, superego
defense mechanism: repression example
Jen was attacked by a dog as a child; she does not remember it; she has panic attacks when she sees a dog
defense mechanisms: reaction formation
Bill is gay and in a straight relationship. He wants to cover up his unwanted romantic feelings for men so he is homophobic
defense mechanisms: sublimation
turning unacceptable impulses into acceptable ones
example: Kim has aggressive impulses, so she took up boxing
Jung: behavior is effected by past only T/F?
FALSE: past and future
Jung: Personal unconscious?
forgotten and repressed memories
Jung: Behavior is driven by ___ & ___ forces
positive and negative
Jung: Collective unconscious?
Memories shared by all people, passed down by generations (e.g., archetypes)
what is the goal in Jungian psychotherapy?
Bring unconscious to conscious to facilitate individuation
Jungian techniques?
Dream interpretation, analysis of transference
Adler’s therapy is called _____
individual psychology
Adler: replaced freud’s sexual instincts with ???
innate social desire for social acceptance
Adler: T/F - Focus on the past
FALSE - Focus on the effect of future goals on current bx
Adler: what motivates people?
feelings of inferiority that raise during childhood in response to real/imagined inadequency, they strive for superiority
Adler: “Style of life”?
how to strive for superiority; developed in childhood
Adler: whats a healthy style of life?
when our goals reflect on well being of others and self
Unhealthy style of life
goals are focused on overcompensating for feelings of inferiority
what is the goal of Adler therapy?
replace mistaken style of life with a healthy one
What strategies are used in Adler therapy?
identify early memories, dream analysis, having clients act as if they are who they want to be
Object relations: what motivates bx?
desire for relationships usually defined by early relationships with primary caregivers
Object Relations (OR): 3 stages of development
normal autistic, normal symbotic, separation individuation
OR: Normal autistic stage
infants are totally self observed and unaware of external env
OR: Symbiosis stage
infants aware of external env, but can’t separate self from CG
Separation individuation?
4 stages: differentiation, practicing, rapproachment, beginning of object constancy
OR: Goal?
provide clients with a corrective reparenting experience in order to replace clients maladaptive introjects with more adaptive ones to improve their relationships
OR: Technique?
empathic acceptance
Person-Centered: Who is the main theorist?
Carl Rodgers
Person centered therapy is AKA
Client centered therapy
Person centered: what is the main motivating factor for bx?
self actualization
Person centered: what is incongruence?
incongruence between self-object and experience = no self actualization
person centered: conditions of self worth?
parents teach kids self worth depends on bx in ways that are “acceptable” to them
person centered: conditions of self worth are a source of _____
incongruence
goal of person centered therapy?
help a person become a fully fx person and move toward self actualization
Gestalt: assumptions?
-People are motivated to maintain homeostasis
-we seek to obtain something from environment to resotre homeostasis
-maladjustment occurs when there’s a disturbance in the boundary b.w person and the env that interferes with our ability to fulfill needs
Gestalt: techniques?
dream work, empty chair
Gestalt: retroflection?
do onto others what you’d want done onto you
Gestalt: confluence?
blur distinction bw self and others
Gestalt: introjection?
adopting beliefs of others
Gestalt: deflection
avoid contact w env
gestalt: boundary disturbance
introjection, projection, retrofelction, deflection, confluence
Existential therapy: why do psychological disturbances arise?
inability to resolve conflicts that arise when facing our ultimate concerns of existence (death, freedom, isolation, meaninglessness)
existential: 2 forms of anxiety
normal/existential- in proportion to threat
neurotic- disproprortionate to threat
reality therapy: 5 basic needs
love, belonging, power, fun, survival, freedom
reality therapy: goals?
learn to adopt a success identity by assuming responsibility for your actions
reality therapy: whats a failure identity?
when you fulfill needs irresponsibly
WDEP System
ask about wants/needs, determine what pt is doing to foster their awareness of bx, encourage them to self reflection, help come up with a POA
Positive psychology - key points for past/present/future
well being in past
hope for future
happiness in present
positive psych - 5 essential elements for well being?
PERMA:
1: positive emotions
2: engagement - being engaged in tasks/situations that is characterized by being in a state of flow
3: relationships
4: meaning: dedication to a cause bigger than oneself
5: accomplishment
ASSOCIATION - Fruedian psychotherapy?
unconscious/conscious
ASSOCIATION: Jung?
collective unconscious, archetypes (shadow, persona, hero, anima/animus)
ASSOCIATION - Adler
style of life, social acceptance
ASSOCIATION - Object relations
parent, separating self from others
ASSOCIATION- Person centered
conditions of self worth, self actualization, incongruence
ASSOCIATION - Gestalt
homeostasis
