Psychotherapy

Question 1

What is a psychotherapy made up of?

Answer 1

-A theory about human functionning, developmental psychopathology, and change/healing.
-A working alliance (backed by a theoretical vision and prescriptions/recommendations for the therapist’s behavior/attitudes)
-A ritual and methods (duration, frequency of sessions, rules, ,methods/techniques to facilitiate change)

Question 2

What is evidence-based practice?

Answer 2

Integration of the best available research, clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture and preferences

Question 3

What are the 3 types of psychodynamic therapies?

Answer 3

Long-term psychoanalysis (2 to 4-5 sessions per week for years), supportive-expressive psychotherapy (when needed or intermittently for a few years), short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (4 to 80 sessions, 1-2 per week).

Question 4

What are the fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis?

Answer 4

Unconscious, (intra) psychich dynamic, trasnference and counter-transference, defense mechanism, resistance, free association, therapeutic listening, interpretation, insight

Question 5

Freud conceived the therapeutic relationship to be neutral from the perspective of the analyst. True or false?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What did Kohut say?

Answer 6

-That transference is natural (people become objects of the ego).
-There are 3 types of transferences: mirroring, idealization, and similarity.
-Early experiences structure the self (self-functions performed by others/self objects) => therapist should provide a good model

Question 7

What did Ferenczi say?

Answer 7

Countertransference is inevitable. He proposed empathy in place of neutrality