WEEK 11- integrating approaches

Question 1

What is schoolism?

Answer 1

• Historically counselling and therapy has been
  structured around separate sets of ideas

-different schools of thought would compete over which approach was superior or ‘right’ (therapy wars)

• are we doing a disservice to our client when we only use one approach?

-Now there is a shift to integration

Question 2

What are the three different models that can be used to integrate approaches?

Answer 2

• Technical Eclecticism
• Theoretical integration

Question 3

What is technical Eclecticism?

Answer 3

• uses different skills or techniques from different theories without commitment to the underping theoretical beliefs

-Draws from the skills, techniques and processes from different approaches without without committing to the
theoretical ideas of the school that it is associated with

• pulling on the models or whatever without pulling on the beliefs that underpin it
• Don’t have to be a fan of Skinner or Freud to use
  their ideas
• Not one type of eclectic approach – not underpinned by theory or principle – instead influenced by people’s training, own experiences, biases etc

Question 4

What is Theoretical Integration

Answer 4

• When we pull together different theories/approaches to make our own unique patchwork quilt (own style of counseling)
• the integration is formal, deliberate and intentional - it works in a coherent way to integrate the framworls
• you bring together techniques because you believe it would make a better overaching approach then one individually (must be a benefit of integration)
• must be a true synthesis not just a mere combination
• capitalises on the strengths of each approach

Question 5

Examples of integrating approaches

Answer 5

Narrative Cognitive Behaviour therapy’
(Narrative, solution-orientated and CBT techniques)

‘Collaborative Helping Maps’
(SFT, Narrative, MI & Appreciative Inquiry)

‘Neuro-narrative Therapy’
(Narrative Therapy & Interpersonal Neurobiology)

Question 6

What is the primary and secondary pictures approach?

Answer 6

• Daniel Wild
• when we are working with people we might have a preferred ‘picture’ . This is the lense/approach that we see the world and interact with clients (e.i. if I had a CBT lense)
• The suggestion is maybe we get stuck (maybe because the other person has different ideas). SO then we can switch to a secondary picture
• This secondary picture is ideas or theories that help us become unstuck and help us move forward with the client.]]
• There is always the intent to go back to the primary picture after the secondary picture

Question 7

What is a primary picture?

Answer 7

the approach that come naturally and often what we have
been initially trained in (the approach we normally take to counselling)

Question 8

What is secondary pictures

Answer 8

• Ideas or thoeries that help us become unstuck and help us move forward with the particular client
• likely to be theories that are new or unfamiliar but we have some appreciation of the ideas that we can draw on

Question 9

What are Rejected pictures

Answer 9

Approaches that you do not draw on even when there is the opportunity to do so because they directly contradict one or more of your primary pictures

Question 10

When Borrowing Secondary Pictures things to keep in mind are:

Answer 10

1. We borrow secondary pictures only when necessary, when we are stuck in using our primary pictures
2. Wo do not necessarily use them in the same way or for the same purpose as their original owners for whom they are primary pictures
3. We are constantly looking for opportunities to switch back to our own primary pictures when we find the ‘information, idea or angle that will allow this
4. Over a therapists Career, their primary, secondary and rejected pictures may change significantly.