psychotherapy (6) Flashcards
what is the hawthorne effect
Improvement as a result of receiving attention
“watching ppl working in a factory made their productivity go up”
what therapy
“Based on idea that unconscious conflicts are repressed and cause difficulty (insight-oriented)”
psychoanalytic
what are the goals of psychoanalytical therapy
- bringing unconscious to conscious
* understanding conflicts and behaviors
list some techniques used in psychoanalytical therapy
- free association-say whatever comes to mid
- analysis of transference
- analysis of resistance
- dream interpretaion
what does analysis of transference mean?
how does the patient react to the therapist
what does analysis of resistance mean?
understand how patient blocks themselves from discussing uncomfortable thoughts
describe the type of patient that psychoanalysis works best for
intelligent, flexible and NOT psychotic
what disorders does psychoanalysis work best with?
emotional problems (conversion disorder, OCD, moderate to severe personality disorders, dysthymic disorder) resulting from childhood conflict
what therapy type takes the longest?
psychoanalytical
whats the “shorter” version of psychoanalysis?
short term dynamic psychotherapy-coping with current life stressors
what therapy
“focuses on present rather than past experiences like in psychoanalytical pyschotherapy. Based on idea that attachments early in life (ie. To your care givers) will predispose one to develop disorders that are expressed through troubled interpersonal relationships present”
interpersonal
what is the goal of interpersonal therapy
aim to correct problematic interpersonal difficulties
what are the 4 types of interpersonal problems?
- loss & grief
- role disputes
- role transitions
- interpersonal deficits
what two disorders are treated with interpersonal therapy
eating disorders and depression
what therapy uses these two techniques:
- normalizing boundaries
- redefining blame
family systems
what therapy
“Actions of the person are the focus of treatment. A person’s history and unconscious conflicts are considered irrelevant “
behavioral therapy
what systemic desensitization and what is used to treat
(habituation) uses classical conditioning to treat fears. You can accustomed to something so you stop being afraid of it.
* *this is THE most COMMON treatment for phobias
what is aversive conditioning and what is it used for?
Classical conditioning principals are used to associate physical or psychological discomfort with undesired behaviors
Good for treatment of unwanted behaviors such as paraphilias or addictions
what is token economy and what is it used for?
- When someone does the behavior you are looking for, you re-enforce them
- Used to increase positive behavior in persons how are severely disorganized (ex. Psychotic), autistic or mentally retarded
what do you treat phobias with? (2)
-systematic desensitization & flooding
what do you use to treat depression (1)
behavioral activation
what do you use to treat autism (2)
applied behavioral analysis
token economy
what do you use to psychotic disorders?
token economy
what are the 3 phases of classical conditioning?
- before conditioning has occurred-automatic response (ie dog drooling at meat)
- process of conditioning (meat and tone)
- after conditioning has occurred (tone alone)
