Types Of Therapy & Their Founders Flashcards
Psychoanalytic
Freud
Behavior is d/t unconscious instinctual drives
Cognitive therapy
Beck
Person’s expectations, perceptions, interpretations cause anxiety
Goal to change thoughts
Behavioral therapy
Lazarus
Focus on changing maladaptive behaviors through active behavioral techniques
DBT
Linehan
For BPD: emotional reg., distress tolerance, self management, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness
Existential
Frankl
Reflection on life, self confrontation, freedom and making responsible choices
Humanistic
Rogers
Person-centered therapy; growth, self actualization
Interpersonal
Klerman & Weissman
Interpersonal issues = distress. Time-limited therapy
EMDR
Shapiro
Form of behavioral and exposure therapy usually for PTSD
First person with theoretical perspective on group therapy
Irvin Yalom
Family therapy terminology-
Family homeostasis
Tendency of families to resist change into maintaining a steady state
Family therapy terminology- triangles
Concept in Family Systems Therapy
Dyads that form triads to decreased stress. The lower, the level of family adaptation, the more likely a triangle will develop.
Family systems therapy
Murray Brown
Believes that a person’s problematic behavior may serve a function or purpose for the family or be a symptom of dysfunctional patterns
Treatment goals to increase families awareness of each members function in the family & increase self differentiation
Structural family therapy
Minuchin
Emphasis on how when and whom family members relate in order to understand and then change the families structure
Treatment goal to produce structural change in family organization to more effectively manage problems
Strategic therapy (type of family therapy)
Haley
Symptoms are way to communicate metaphorically within a family. Treatment goal to help members behaving ways that will not perpetuate the problem. Behavior. Interventions, problem, focused and symptom focused. Straightforward directives, paradoxical directives, and reframing belief systems.
Family therapy terminology- Paradoxical directives
Used in strategic therapy. Negative task that is assigned when family members are resistant to change and the member is expected to be non-compliant. Use with caution.
Solution focused therapy (type of family therapy)
deShazer, O’Hanlon, Berg
Focuses to rework for the presence situation solutions that have worked previously. Goal is effective resolution of problems through cognitive problem-solving and use of personal resources and strengths. Uses miracle questions.
Family therapy terminology- miracle questions
Technique used in solution focused therapy.
“ if miracle were to happen tonight while you were asleep tomorrow morning, you awoke to find that the problem no longer existed. What would be different?”
“ how would you know the miracle took place? How would others know?”
Family therapy terminology- exception finding questions
Used in solution, focused therapy
Directing clients to a time in their lives when the problem did not exist, which helps them move towards solutions by assisting them in searching for any exceptions to the pattern. “Was there a time when the problem did not occur?”
Family therapy terminology- scaling questions
Used in solution, focused therapy
“On a scale of one to 10 with 10 being very anxious and depressed how would you rate how you are feeling now.”
Useful for highlighting small increments of change.
