Psychotherapies Flashcards
What are the methods and techniques used in psychotherapies derived from?
Many different branches of psychology
What is their experimental work on regarding psychology?
Learning Remembering and thinking Developmental stages Motivation Skill acquisition
What has changed regarding psychotherapies in the last 40 years?
A distillation to new and briefer forms of therapy
What psychotherapies are given most weight in the NHS?
Those founded and evaluated scientifically
Why is most weight given to psychotherapies that have been founded and evaluated scientifically?
NHS has limited resources, so have to prioritise
What are the learning theories?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social learning theory
What study discovered classical conditioning?
Pavlovs dogs
What is the basis of operant conditioning?
Looks at what happens when you do something
What is the basis of social learning theory?
Looks at what other people do
How do psychotherapeutic approaches differ?
Concepts
Research
Use of language
What is the problem with the variation in psychotherapeutic approaches being so differently?
Can cause confusion
Are the various psychotherapy approaches heterogenous or homogenous within themselves?
Heterogenous
Who derived the definitional framework for psychological therapies?
Parry, 1996
What are the categories in the definitional framework for psychological therapies?
Type A
Type B
Type C
What are the type A psychological therapies?
Psychological treatment as an integral part of mental health care
