Therapies (Ch. 14) Flashcards
primarily psychological therapy providers
- clinical psychologists
- marriage, family, and child counselor
- school psychologist and vocational counselor
- mental health counselor
- clinical social worker
what do all the primarily psychological therapy providers have in common?
all licensed to offer psychological therapies
primarily biological therapy providers
- psychiatrist
- general medical practitioner
- neurologist
- psychiatric nurse
can people practice without a license?
yes can still offer psychological therapies
what determines someone’s success as a therapist?
not: their years of experience or professional credentials
more so: their character
benefits of working with a trained professional
- their relationship with healthcare professionals
- ability to handle emergency situations
- adherence to code of ethics (ex. APA ethical principles)
can anyone administer biological treatments?
requires a license
- debate over who should be allowed to prescribe meds
- medical doctors only vs. medical doctors and clinical psychologists with additional training
do all get therapy who need it?
- women are more likely to seek therapy than men
- healthcare providers aren’t always available to people where they live
- financial barriers
- stigma and suppressed recognition of the disorder
how does the relationship between the healthcare provider and client impact treatment?
rapport (sense of trust) is important
cultural competence
understanding how clients’ beliefs, values, and expectations are shaped by their cultural background
culturally appropriate therapy
therapy conducted that is sensitive to patient’s cultural background and expectations
(ex. collectivist- oriented families who infrequently challenge the patriarch, if there is a therapist that emphasizes individual autonomy over family loyalties, it may violate a clients’ cultural tradition)
Freud and hysteria
pioneered the use of psychological therapies to treat psychological disorders such as hysteria (now known as conversion disorder)
believed hysterical symptoms was to suppress emotionally charged memories
psychoanalysis methods
- free association (saying whatever comes to mind) –by way of the talking cure
- an analysis of resistance (avoiding certain ideas)
- interpretation (explaining how certain thoughts and feelings arise)
- analysis of transference (clients’ tendencies to respond to analyst in ways to recreate their responses to major figures in their life)
psychodynamic approaches
expansion of Freud’s work
- emphasizes adaptive abilities of the ego and importance of an individual’s real relationship with others
interpersonal therapy (IPT)
helps patients understand how they interact with others and learn better ways of interacting and communicating
criticism of psychoanalysis in favor of humanist approach
believed it was too concerned with basic urges, decreasing tension, and the past
Gestalt Therapy
(humanist approach)
Fritz Perls
- aims to help patients integrate inconsistent aspects of themselves into coherent whole individuals to increase self-awareness and self-acceptance
Gestalt Therapy Techniques
- focusing (asking how clients felt in the moment and pointing out differences in how their acting)
- hot set technique (therapist directly challenges the client)
- empty chair technique (client imagines sitting across a significant person and tells them how they feel)
experiential therapies
a collective term for modern humanistic therapies that provides an empathetic and accepting but also challenging environment
cognitive therapy
Aaron Beck
- dysfunctional beliefs play a role in development and psychological disorders
- believe psychological disorders involve unhelpful/ maladaptive patterns of thinking
cognitive restructuring
technique to identify and change someone’s maladaptive belief
- combatting…negative cognitive triad (believed depressed people have negative views about themselves)
cognitive-behavioral therapy
hybrid form of psychotherapy focused on changing someone’s habitual interpretations of the world and ways of behaving
- cognitive and behavioral techniques
(ex. Oliver’s professor didn’t say hi, he assumed it was bc he asked a dumb question, but can restructure thought to be maybe bc he was tired)
3rd wave therapies
CBT’s that place less emphasis on direct cognitive change and more emphasis on changing the hold thoughts have on us
acceptance and commitment therapy
- less psychological rididity
goal: clients can pursue goal despite unwanted thoughts and feelings