Theory Flashcards
Carl Rogers Theory
Person-centered
Person-centered
Unconditional positive regard Relationship Genuineness Accurate empathy Self-actualization
Sigmund Freud
Psychoanalytic
Psychoanalytic
Theory of personality
The concious mind
A conflict model between conscious and unconscious forces
Id: From birth, pleasure princliple
Ego: Reality principle, keep Id in line
Superego: Right from wrong
Stages: Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
Alfred Adler
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic
Recognized inferiority as driving force
Striving for superiority
Motivation is through social relatedness
Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, Irvin Yalom
Existential
Existential
Stresses human existence
Choice
Freedom
Responsibility
Abraham Maslow
Humanistic psychology
Humanistic psychology
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
self-actualization is highest
Gestalt and Fritz Perls
Experiential
Experiential
Bring completion to our needs,
the process of forming wholeness (Gestalt)
Focuses on here and now vs. the past as with the psychoanalytic theories
B. F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, Arnold A. Lazarus
Behavior
Behavior
Operant condition: Behaviors are influenced by their consequences.
Social learning approach: People are capable of change
Self-efficacy: Person can affect change
3 Cs: Counter conditioning, contingency management, and cognitive behavior modification
Behavioral analysis: The ABC model (antecendent, behavior, consequences)
Albert Ellis, Rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT), Aaron Beck
Cognitive
Cognitive
Irrational beliefs that occur in response to some triggering event that leads to negative emotions, anxiety or depression
Core, rigid, dogmatic demands
Cognitive restructuring: How to replace irrational beliefs with rational beliefs
Gerald Klerman, Myrna Weissman
Interpersonal therapy
Interpersonal therapy
The quality of attachment in early life bears on the quality of interpersonal relationships later.
Psychiatric disorders occur within an interpersonal context.
Major problems: interpersonal losses, disputes, transitions, deficits
Based in Harry Stack Sullivan and A. Meyer, plus Attachment theory developed by Bowlby
Edna B. Foa, Francine Shapiro
Exposure and eye movement desensitization
Exposure and eye movement desensitization
Theory of psychopathology less of personality, concerned with process and facilitating change
Directly confronting fearful stimuli and the distressing anxiety or other emotions
Virginia Satir, Salvador Minuchin
Systems Theory
Murray Bowen
Bowen Family Systems Therapy
Systems Theory/Bowen Family Systems Therapy
Individuals can only be understood within their social context
Solution-focused brief therapy
People are healthy, competent and capable of solutions.
Focus is on solution, not talking about the problems.
