Week 8: Interventions Across Location & Lifespan Flashcards
What are the three main theoretical orientations to therapy?
- psychodynamic therapy
- humanistic therapy
- cognitive behaviour therapy
What are the core principles of psychodynamic therapy?
- unconscious mental life
- the past lives on in the present
What are the core principles of humanistic therapy?
- peoples’ inner nature is inherently good and should be brought out and encouraged
- self-actualization
- positive regard
What is self-actualization?
people have a natural tendency to grow
What is positive regard?
acceptance, warmth, and love from those around us
What are the core principles of cognitive behaviour therapy?
aims to decrease symptoms and improve functioning by changing fault thinking and using conditioning
- operant with reinforcement and punishment
- classical with exposure and systematic desensitization
What are common factors of psychotherapy?
- action
- learning
- support
What does action involve?
- facing fears
- behavioural regulation
- experiencing success
- reality testing
What does learning involve?
- insight
- corrective emotional experiences
- feedback
- exploring internal frame of reference
What does support involve?
- positive relationship with therapist
- therapist respect
- trust
- structure
What are adaptations needed for therapy with children?
- making materials and activities “child friendly”
- more concrete, less abstract
- less complex cognitive techniques
- more parent involvement, including outside of session
What are developmental skills needed to engage in CBT?
- emotional understanding
- perspective talking
- scientific reasoning
- metacognition
What are unique considerations when working with adolescents?
- desire for autonomy from parents
- school transition
- greater value on social status
- increased exposure to relational aggression
Why are personalized interventions important?
a one-size-fits-all approach misses opportunities to match people to treatments most likely to work for them
