treatment planning Flashcards
object relations terms
derivatives
Symbolic, underlying meaning of speech, as opposed to the content, and that reflect the encoded ways that the unconscious presents itself
object relations terms
introjection
an unconscious process in which the values, personality traits, and unconscious projections of early caregivers are “taken in” to form building blocks of a sense of self
object relations terms
projection
unconsciously attributing to others one’s own unacceptable desires or impulses; unconsciously attributing to others one’s own shameful and split-off parts.
object relations terms
projective identification
recipient of a projection experiences the disowned feelings, impulses, shame, and split0off parts of the projector as his or her own.
object relations terms
recapitulation
Freud’s “return of the repressed” or repetition compulsion. Tendency to repeat, recreate, and reenact, unconsciously and compulsively, one’s early relational experiences, no matter how problematic the experiences
object relations terms
transference
process where early relational experiences (internal object relations) become the lens through which all other relationships are understood. Expecting people to respond the same way significant others have in the past.
distortion of current relational experience
object relations terms
Role of the Therapist
Neutral, blank slate active directive challenging interprets unconscious material links interprets transference and projection
Existential terms
intentionality
The unique ways in which each individual creates meaning for himself. Our intentionality determines our reactions to life
Object relations family therapy
deals with the family’s shared unconscious, internalized object relations, and the unconscious collusive system that develops btwn family members who experience projective identification
Existential terms
Fusion Delusion
false belief regarding a relationship between two people, in which the concepts of separateness and the unique subjectivity of each individual are denied. The challenge is how do two people relate aware of separateness but not violating the subjectivity of the other.
Existential terms
Bad Faith
choosing to be unaware of an aspect of one’s experience and denying that one is making a choice to be unaware
Existential
preferred unit of treatment
individuals, couples or families
Object relations
preferred unit of tx
entire nuclear family
Existential
Role of the therapist
non-directive authentic, separate and free yet in relationship models authenticity self-disclosing not an expert
Existential terms
project
one’s basic goals in life
person centered therapy
role of the therapist
non directive
genuine
empathetic
enters the client’s phenomenological world without judgment to understand client’s experience
person centered therapy
three conditions necessary for growth
genuineness, empathy and unconditional positive regard
person centered therapy
preferred unit of tx
individuals, couples, families
structural therapy
spontaneous behavior sequences
when the family spontaneously demonstrate the structure of the family, therapist won’t need to create an enactment
structural therapy
Tracking
when the therapist pays close attention during enactments and spontaneous behavior, noting boundaries, coalitions, rules and roles
structural therapy
affective intensity
therapists can highlight and modify interactions by regulating the intensity of their messages so that it breaks through the defenses families create for not taking in new info or challenges to their perceptions. Talking loudly softly, provocatively, or repeating (broken record technique
structural therapy
shaping competence
making a fuss over what the family is doing well
structural therapy
unbalancing
way to throw off homeostasis, supports one family member or system at expense of another. Takes turns taking different sides
structural therapy
joining
by means of mimesis and accommodation
structural therapy
accommodation
necessary in healthy families to negotiate differences
humanistic experiential
rescue games
rescue - one agrees, disagrees, changes the subject, families with schizophrenia
humanistic experiential
coalition games
two agree and one disagrees or two disagree and one agrees. Results in disturbed bx
humanistic experiential
lethal games
everyone agrees at the expense of their own needs causes psychosomatic illnesses
humanistic experiential
growth vitality games
open communications members feel safe to agree or disagree and be heard.
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
punctuation
the mutually blaming, arguing and bickering typical of families locked into a belief in linear causality, “the reason I nag is cuz you withdraw, the reason I withdraw is because you nag.
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
complementary relationship
when members are different in ways that fit together, can become a problem when there is too great an imbalance.
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
symptoms
seen as communication, a tactic or bx to gain power when needs are not being met
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
structured family interview
family is given a task to complete and the therapist observes the family’s patterns of communication, decision making, scapegoating, etc.
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
circular questioning
consistent with the concept of circular causality, questions are asked that frame the presenting problem in relational terms
strategic/communications/MRI terminology
symmetrical relationships
when the couple is similar can be a problem when they become too competitive.
cbt concepts
systematic bias
error in information processing about self, world, and future that color our views of every situation we encounter
cbt concepts
cognitive triad
beliefs formed early in childhood about self, the world and the future
Classical conditioning
focuses on change in involuntary responses; fears, anxiety depression
operant conditioning
focuses on change in voluntary responses
classical conditioning
systematic desensitization
involves
analysis of stimuli that evoke the phobic bx
prioritizing situation that produce phobic response (hierarchy of fears)
teaching relaxation training
pairing relaxation responses with fear-producing scenes and situations from least to most threatening.
classical conditioning
systematic desensitization
a methodology that uses counterconditioning primarily for anxiety-based or avoidance behaviors and phobias
existential Gestalt terms
impasse
situation where there is no external support and the person doesn’t believe they can support themselves.