Psychotherapy 2 Types of Therapy Flashcards
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is also known as _____.
- “old school”-Freud, Jung
Why is psychodynamic Psychotherapy not used commonly today?
- Often long term and intensive
- Hated by insurance companies
- Theory driven
Psychodynamic psychotherapy focuses on ______.
Resolution of the unconscious conflict
(Less focused on symptom reduction per se and more focused on restructuring fundamental relationships)
Freud stages of psychosexual development
- Oral stage
- Anal stage
- Phallic stage
- Oedipal complex
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Oral stage time frame
birth to 1 year
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Oral stage: wish and fear
- wish: dependency gratification
- fear: loss of object (i.e. mother)
(surrounds eating behaviors)
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Anal stage time frame
1-3 years old (the time we are potty trained)
(if unresolved, we fear loosing approval from caretaker)
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Anal stage: wish and fear
- wish: assertion of autonomy, defiance vs. compliance
- fear: losing the approval of the significant caretaker
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Phallic Stage time frame
(ages 3-6)
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Phallic stage wish & fear
- Wish: admiration for one’s prowess and superiority; triumph
- Fear: Inadequacy, humiliation, defeat, inferiority
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Oedipal Complex : wish and fear
- Wish: rivalry with same-sex parent for affection of opposite-sex parent
- Fear: attack from same-sex parent
Latent stage time frame
Age 6 through puberty
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During the latent stage, the _____ (2) develop.
- ego
- superego
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Genital stage time frame
Puberty until death
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The genital stage assumes successful resolution of the earlier stages this is highlighted by _____
mature interpersonal relationships
(highlights why dynamic therapy focuses on early childhood)
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In Freud’s structural model, the Id is based on the ______ (2).
- the pleasure principle and immediate gratification without any societal consequences of internal guilt.
- Inability to delay gratification is central to the id. This is a primitive part of our intra-psychic makeup
(society requires us to modify the Pleasure Principle secondary to reality)
Define super-ego
- Societal expectations of behavior-learned from parents, teachers etc…
- Broken into two parts-conscious which is the source of what is inappropriate and will bring negative consequence
- Ego ideal which is the idealized self
In Freud’s structural model: Define ego
The balance between the id and superego-can often be viewed as the negotiator
2 processes of Ego (Freud’s structural model)
- primary: unconscious - no organization or coherency to thoughts
- secondary: conscious awareness; organized thought
Defense mechanisms are only pathological when they are _____.
consistently used in a fashion that leads to maladaptive functioning for the individual
Define defense mechanism
unconscious psychological strategies to cope with reality and maintain self image
George Eman Vaillant: divided defense mechanisms into four levels based on ________.
what level of psychoanalytic development the defense mechanism comes from
(mixture of Freud and American Heritage dictionary def.)
Defense mechanisms are almost always ______
Pathological; allow one to distort experiences in a way that denies reality
(“psychotic” defenses seen in psychiatric illness & also in dreams)
Delusional projection
Delusions about external reality usually persecutory in nature
(pathological ego defense mechanism)
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Denial
This is a severe situation in which one simply doesn’t acknowledge reality thereby avoiding the threat
(pathological ego defense)
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Distortion
Reshaping reality to fit internal needs
(pathological defense mechanism)