Quiz: Therapy Theories Flashcards
Aims to change behavioral, emotional, and thinking patterns associated with dysfunction Developed to treat intense emotional swings, impulsiveness, confusion regarding the self (identity), and suicidal behavior
• Teaches mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and self-management.
• Good for Borderline Personality Disorder
DBT
Change through understanding multigenerational dynamics.
Individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family.
Family members are driven to achieve a balance of internal and external differentiation. which causes anxiety, triangulation, and emotional cutoff.
This can be changed by understanding multigenerational or current family dynamics and patterns.
bowen
Change through finding meaning in life Founded upon the belief that it is the striving to find a meaning in one’s life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force
understanding purpose
logotherapy
Change through increased awareness of here- and-now experience.
Focuses on the process, what is actually happening, and the content, what is being talked about.
Emphasizes what is going on in the present moment within both the client and the therapist rather than what has happened.
Empty chair technique example of bringing issue into present moment
gestalt
Change through insight/understanding of early unresolved/unconscious issues
Insight oriented therapy
Explore client’s transference
Identify defense mechanisms
psychodynamic
Change behavior through reinforcement and punishment
Identify the problem, monitor behavior,
reinforce desired behavior
Shaping is a form of operant conditioning in which the increasingly accurate approximations of a desired response are reinforced.
Good for children with behavioral problems
behavioral
Change happens by learning to modify
dysfunctional thought patterns
• Clients explore patterns of thinking and beliefs
that lead to self-destructive behaviors.
Once an individual understands the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, he or she is able to modify or change his or her patterns of thinking to cope with stressors in a more positive manner. Focus on automatic thoughts, schemas, assumptions, beliefs
cognitive
Change happens through supporting clients to take actions to address the problems in their lives. Short term.
Focus of help is on client-defined problems and goals; Social worker is open about purposes and nature of service, eschews hidden agendas.
The client’s problems, goals, and the nature and duration of service are explicitly stated and agreed upon by both social worker and client.
• Change is affected primarily through problem- solving actions or tasks the client and practitioner undertake OUTSIDE the interview. The social worker helps clients select tasks.
task-centered
Change through remodeling the family’s organization
Many family problems arise as a result of maladaptive boundaries and subsystems within the family system.
A systems approach that address relationship dynamics of whole family
The therapist helps the family understand how family structure (relationships and hierarchies) can be changed, the impact of rituals and rules, and how new patterns of interaction can be integrated into the family.
structural family therapy
Change through recognizing disempowering social forces and empowering client.The therapist helps the client recognize these disempowering forces or influences, a process which can ultimately empower the client.
The therapist recognizes that with every symptom there is a strength and also shows the client that she is her own rescuer and equal to the therapist.
good for eating disorders
feminist
Change occurs through accessing client’s strengths and resources.
This is a brief, goal-directed therapy focused on client’s strengths and resources
Focuses on what the client wants to achieve instead of focusing on the problems Focuses on the client’s strengths and resources in order to create a more effective future
solution focused
