Theoretical Models Flashcards
Freud theoretical assumptions
Preconscious: forgotten memories Conscious Unconscious: memories that cannot be brought to consciousness Id: instinctual drives Ego: rational self Superego: perfection principle
Freud Key concepts
Relief behaviors to reduce stress
Ego Defense mechanisms: compensation, denial , displacement, identification, intellectualization, introjection, isolation, projection* , rationalization*, regression**, sublimation **, suppression **, undoing
- primitve/narcissitic
- imature
- ** Neurotic
- *** Mature
Freud goals and techniques
Goals:
Make the unconscious conscious
Strengthen the ego
Techniques:
Interpretation of behaviors and thoughts
Free association
Psychodynamic: emphasis on the past, intrapsychic, transference, working alliance
Address conflicts from the past
Best matched with the client who has mature defenses and some object constancy
Interpersonal Theory (Harry Stack Sullivan) Key Concepts
Anxiety chief disruptive force
Interpersonal security: feelings associated with relief from anxiety
Integration of the: “good me”, “bad me”, “not me”
“not me” develops in response to intense anxiety; denial of feelings is used to relieve anxiety
Treatment of depression & anxiety
Interpersonal Theory: Harry Stack Sullivan
Major themes & Coping strategies
Major themes: Grief Role disputes Role transitions Interpersonal conflicts
Coping Startegies:
Security operations: system of defense against anxiety
Selective inattention: not attending to details that cause anxiety
Dissociation: Putting threatening thoughts out of awareness
** Examine communication patterns; role play; interpersonal communication
Transactional Analysis (Eric Berne) Key concepts
Focuses on past and current decisions
Emphasis on thinking, feelings, and behavior
Ego States: P-A-C; Parent: shoulds/oughts; Adult: objective reasoning; Child: impulses & feelings
Strokes: positive, conditional, unconditional, negative, games, rackets, life scripts
Transactional Analysis (Eric Berne) Therapeutic Strategies
Structural analysis: awareness content and functioning of the PAC ego states
Transactional analysis: description of what people say/do to themselves and others
Family modeling: imagining past situations and role of others in interactions
Analysis of rituals and pastimes: how they structure time
Analysis of games and rackets: understanding transactions with others
Script analysis: life patterns are identified and analyzed
Gestalt Therapy (Frederick Perls) Key Concepts
Individual is responsible for finding his own way in life
Individuals must accept personal responsibility
The now: the past is gone the future is not yet here
Unfinished business: nags at the person until confronted
Avoidance: means to keep from facing unfinished business
Layers of neuroses: Superimposed “growth disorders”
Gestalt Therapy (Frederick Perls) Therapeutic Strategies
Increased awareness of the self: Patient feelings Awareness of the moment Body messages Energy Avoidance Blocks to awareness
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (Marsha Linehan)
Central tenets
Therapist position is one of guidance in persuasive dialogue leading to a different perceptual view
Change and acceptance
Clients are doing the best they can, getting better is hard work
Therapist is a change agent, compassionate flexibility
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Elements
Weekly one hour therapy sessions
Weekly group skills training
Skills coaching by electronic connections
Team consultation for therapist to assure fidelity
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
General principles
Time is needed to learn and practice
Missing more than one session necessitates a therapy hiatus
Suicide and self-harm behaviors are problems to be resolved
Mindfulness is used to manage emotional escalation
Distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness (communication), and self-management
Boundaries of relationship are made clear
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Stages
Stage one: Focus is on therapy-engaging and therapy interfering behaviors. Diary cards
Stage two: Focus on non-traumatizing therapies. Regulation of emotions while thinking through the dialectics of emotional mindedness and rational mindedness into “wise mindedness”
Stage three: Skills development to deal with trauma. Exposure therapy
Stage four: Focus on self efficacy move toward termination
DEARMAN: describe, express, assert, reinforce, be mindful, appear confident, and negotiate
Person Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers)
Key Concepts
Client has the potential for becoming aware of problems and means to resolve them
Focus on development of self-direction
Health: congruence of ideal self and real self
Person Centered Therapy (Carl Rogers)
Therapeutic Strategies
- Provide a safe climate conducive to client self-exploration
- Enable client to move toward: openness, greater trust in self, willingness to process, increased spontaneity
- Relationship is of primary importance