Types Of Therapy & Their Founders

Question 1

Psychoanalytic

Answer 1

Freud
Behavior is d/t unconscious instinctual drives

Question 2

Cognitive therapy

Answer 2

Beck
Person’s expectations, perceptions, interpretations cause anxiety
Goal to change thoughts

Question 3

Behavioral therapy

Answer 3

Lazarus
Focus on changing maladaptive behaviors through active behavioral techniques

Question 4

DBT

Answer 4

Linehan
For BPD: emotional reg., distress tolerance, self management, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness

Question 5

Existential

Answer 5

Frankl
Reflection on life, self confrontation, freedom and making responsible choices

Question 6

Humanistic

Answer 6

Rogers
Person-centered therapy; growth, self actualization

Question 7

Interpersonal

Answer 7

Klerman & Weissman
Interpersonal issues = distress. Time-limited therapy

Question 8

EMDR

Answer 8

Shapiro
Form of behavioral and exposure therapy usually for PTSD

Question 9

First person with theoretical perspective on group therapy

Answer 9

Irvin Yalom

Question 10

Family therapy terminology-
Family homeostasis

Answer 10

Tendency of families to resist change into maintaining a steady state

Question 11

Family therapy terminology- triangles

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

Family systems therapy

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Structural family therapy

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Strategic therapy (type of family therapy)

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

Family therapy terminology- Paradoxical directives

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

Solution focused therapy (type of family therapy)

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Family therapy terminology- miracle questions

Answer 17

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?”

Question 18

Family therapy terminology- exception finding questions

Answer 18

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?”

Question 19

Family therapy terminology- scaling questions

Answer 19

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.