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Freud

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Rogers

Humanism

Ellis

Types of Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Freud


Make the unconscious conscious


Insight and interpretations



Free Association (psychodynamic)

Just talk! Gab on. Trying to be spontaneous without editing.

Freudian "slips"

Mistakes in verbal or behaviors that reveal what the unconscious wants

Dreams

Manifest content (the actual events) shows the latent content (the unconscious wishes)

Resistance

Resisting topics or even appointments because of a certain unconscious feeling or thought being brought out

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious techniques created by the ego to try and handle conflict between the id and superego



Types of Defense Mechanisms

Repression


Projection


Reaction formation


Displacement


Sulimation

Repression

keep impulse in unconscious

Projection

attribute impulse to others

Reaction formation

do opposite of impulse

Displacement

redirect impulse



Sublimation

redirect impulse in a way that benefits others

Transference

Client forms relationship with therapist in a way that they unconsciously and unrealistically expect the therapist to behave like important people from the client's past-


the therapist will then work with them to see this and understand it

Psychosexual Stages

Oral


Anal


Phallic

Ego psychology

Emphasizes social relationships > psychosexual stages

Objection relations

Emphasizes relationships between internalized "objects" aka people

Self-Psychology

Parental role emphasized- focus on narcissism

Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies



Narrow problems, quick, brevity, less pathology present

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

treat depression in 14-18 sessions by improving interpersonal relationships--- uses role expectations

Time-Limited Dynamic Psycotherapy (TLDP)

Focus on transference and therapy relationship that doesn't follow script of previous unhealthy ones. Make client aware of script to enable corrective emotional experience

Outcome issues of psychodynamic psychotherapy

empirical measures just aren't there- difficult to manualize- researchers usually study their own fav --> bias!


Countertransferrence

Humanism

Rogers against Freud's appraoch


Human nature isn't bad (not id-driven)


Also called nondirective or client/person centered.


the warm fuzzies- unconditional positive regard

Role of positive regard in humanism

People want positive regard/prizing so that sometimes give up self-actualization to attain it

Goal of Humanistic

Foster self-actualization and the growth to get there

Concept of Congruence

The client's real self matching their ideal self. This is a goal of HUMANISM.

Reflection in Humanistic Therapy

Therapist responds to client by rephrasing or restating the client's statements in a way that highlights the feelings or emotions- not mechanical!

Existential Psychotherapy

Overcome meaninglessness by creating own meaning through the decisions they make

Gestalt Therapy

Holistic! Current experiences. Role play.

William Miller

Leader of motivational interviewing techinque

Motivational Interviwing

Talk about fears for making major changes, help to make actions and values align, don't impose changes just motivate them, part of positive psych movement

Positive Psychology

Seligman




bolsters strength to overcome~

Bohart and Tallman


From the heart, man!

Just talk. Not manualized. Assume the person can get it done themselves. More of a collaborator.

Three most important parts of HUMANISM

empathy


positive regard


genuineness

Behavioral Psychotherapy

Reaction against the lack of empiricism inherent in psychodynamic and humanistic approaches


they want MORE SCIENCE

Four big Behavioral Names

Pavlov, Watson, Skinner/Thorndike

Goal of Behavioral

Observable behavior change


No emphasis on internal mental processes


Empiricism is the focus


Observable variables

What is a PROBLEM in behaviorism?

Client behaviors are not symptoms to problems, they ARE problems.

Two types of conditioning

Classical and Operant

Classical Conditioning

Pavlov's dog


UCS evokes UCR, UCS and CS paired, CS evokes CR


Generaliztion or discrimination to similar stimuli may take place

Operant Conditionting

Organism operates on the environment, notices the consequence of the behavior, and incorporates these consequences into decisions regarding future behavior

More active style of learning than classical conditioning


If..then.. statements



Techniques based on classical conditioning

Exposure therapy




systematic desensitization




assertiveness training

Exposure Therapy

Version of "facing your fears"


Used to treat anxiety orders often


Repeatedly exposed to the feared object

Systematic Desensitization

Used for phobias and other anxiety disorders


Similar to exposure therapy but relaxation training is included - so relaxation replaces anxiety

Assertiveness Training

Specific application of classical conditioning that targets social anxieties


exposure plus desensitization


direct instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and homework

Contingency Management

Change contingencies controlling behavior - in other words alter the consequence to change the behavior effectively


Reinforcement and punishment are used for this



Extinction

Removal of expected reinforcement that results in decreased frequency of behavior


Can cause extinction burst (increase in unwanted behavior) - but it will decrease!

Token economies

Clients earn tokens for participating, tokens are traded for something


Used mostly when someone is being continuously monitored

Shaping

Reinforcing successive approximations of the target behavior


Reward baby steps



Behavioral Activation

Depressed people lack positive reinforcement


Goal is to increase frequency of positively reinforcing behaviors


May have some classical conditioning



Behavioral Consultation

Indirect way to modify behavior


Third parties involved


Lots of time in natural setting between consultee and client

Parent or Teacher Training

Form of behavioral consultation

Cognitive Psychotherapy

Most endorsed method



Goal of Cognitive

Increase in logical thinking and decrease faulty thinking



Importance of Cognition in Cognitive

Thoughts, beliefs, interpretation




Things happen --> we interpret those things --> influence our feelings and thus our actions usually



Revising Cognitions

If they determine feelings, you gotta revise those illogical ones to get more appropriate emotional reactions


Identify illogical cognitions


challenge them


replace with more logical ones!

Teaching as a Therapy Tool

Cognitive therapists often function as teachers with clients - educate them on stuff, give them handouts, write stuff down, they want to be able to do the lessons themselves eventually and be an independent woman that don't need no therapist

Which psychotherapy model uses homework?

Cognitive! Written and behavioral

How long does cognitive therapy last?

Brief. 15 sessions or less. Structured and planned around specific issues.

Two approaches to cognitive therapy

Albert Ellis




Aaron Beck



What was Ellis' model of Cognitive?

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)




Connection between reality and emotions




ABCDE model

Ellis' ABCDE model

Activating event


Belief


Emotional Consequence


Dispute


Effective new belief

Aaron Beck's model of cognitive

Dysfunctional Thought Record instead of ABCDE


Similar idea, but uses the different thought distortion understandings to change them.



Mindfulness and acceptance based therapies

Third wave therapies


Full attention to present moment without judging or wishing things were otherwise


Engage with own mental process rather than experimental avoidance


Derives from Buddhist traditions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Accept internal psychological experience


Commit to one's own personal values


Move from FEAR to ACT

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) uses

Esp. used for BPD due to problem of emotional regulation





Core practices of DBT

problem solving


validation


Dielectics

Four specific modules of skills training in DBT

emotional regulation


distress tolerance


interpersonal effectiveness


mindfulness skills



Metacognitive Therapy

Metacognition is thinking about thinking


The activating event can literally be cognition


The thoughts we have about our thoughts cause us trouble


Metacognitive therapists make thinking about thinking the primary focus!



Group and Family Therapy

Multiple clients are treated together obvi


They are separate things



Group Therapy

Interpersonal interactiong


Clients problems stem from flawed interpersonal relationships skills

Irvin Yalom

leader of interpersonal group therapy

Universality in Group Therapy

Clients realize we are in the same boat

Group Cohesiveness in Group Therapy

Feelings of interconnections among group members


Trust, acceptance, belonging among group


Analogous to therapeutic alliance in individual therapy



Interpersonal Learning in Group Therapy

Same interpersonal tendencies that contributed to the problems will probably appear


They make new relationships and work on them inside, which then will translate to better ones outside

Where are clients encouraged to focus in group therapy? Past? Present? Future

HERE AND NOW!!!

What does a group in group therapy look like?

5-10 clients


Some are open enrollment, some are closed

Developmental Stages of Therapy Groups

Cautious and concerned about acceptance


Jockeying for position in pecking order


Finally- cohesiveness

Cotherapists

Often, group therapy uses a team of two therapists


Second set of eyes and ears


Model healthy relationships with one another


Need to be good with each other to make it all work smooth af



Socializing between clients in groups (possible problems)

No hanging, dating, or banging.



Family Therapy

Psych symptoms are byproducts of dysfunction in families

Circular Causality in Fam Therapy

Events influence each other reciprocally - what comes around goes around

Homeostasis in Fam Therapy

Families regulate themselves by returning to an emotional set point like a thermostat


Family members may sense that the family is reaching uncomfortable state and have feedback to try and reach comfort zone

Genograms

Pencil and paper method of creating a family tree that incorporates detailed info about relationships between fam members for at least 3 gens

Family Life Cycle

Developmental theory for families with seven stages I don't care about

Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS)

Objective questionnaire used to assess violence and abuse in couples


Measures how individuals react when family conflicts arise



Identified Patient

Problem is systematic rather than individual, but sometimes there is an identified patient that they blame

Family structure

underlying way things run

Enmeshed and Disengaged family structures

Enmeshed is when the boundaries are too permeable between subsystems (like kids and parents)


But disengaged is when they are too rigid and strong barriers



Differentiation of Self in Fam

Appropriate degree of self-determination or becoming your own person is essential


Need to allow people to branch out and have differences

Triangles

When two people are in conflict, either one may try to bring at third to their side


Can be problematic when the triangluated person is a kid


DON'T TRIANGLE, SHITTY ASS MANIPULATIVE PARENTS STOPPPP

Solution Focused Therapy

Evolved from strategic family therapy


Solving problem focused


Solution talk NOT problem talk


Create more exceptions to problems, not more problems

Narrative Therapy

Stories we construct about our lives change the way that we experience life and different events in life


We edit our experiences to fit the script of our life


Revise stories and recast selves in more positive heroic ways to make things more positive

Cultural Competence

Need to appreciate that all families have different cultures and norms that they abide by


Many times there are a blend of cultural influences in a single family unit.


There are varying level of acculturation based on generations.

Confidentiality

Can be difficult because they're talking to all the different family members

Diagnostic Accuracy

DSM disorder apply to individuals not families


So people don't get diagnosed from family therapists

What is pediatric psychology?

Focusing on mental and physical health of children with medical conditions like cancer or disabilities or injuries



Disorders of Childhood (common ones)

ADHD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and also some other ones that dults can get like major depressive and ptsd and phobias and stuff

Externalizing Disorders in Children

Acting out (ADHD, conduct disorder, ODD)

Internalizing Disorders

Maladaptive thoughts and feelings


Mood disorders, anxiety disorders

Resilience and Vulnerability

Some children develop psychological problems but most can bounce back quick



Developmental Perspective

Essential to understand the child's behavior in context of their developmental stages, but these vary by culture

Assessment Methods for Child Psych

Interview and behavioral


Self report scales


Behavior rating scales


Projective/expressive techniques


IQ tests

Self-Instruction Training for Children/Adolescents

"talk through" things with themselves, especially when they are about to do something problematic.



Parent Training

Child therapists gotta do this too.


Help the parents do better with helping the process of therapy

Play therapy

That weird ass video we watched in class


Forms important relationships


Disclose feelings and thoughts


Healing

Two types of play therapy approaches

Psychodynamic- Just play, and they symbolically show their mental process through play, so the therapist interprets it




Humanistic- Emphasis on reflection and unconditional positive regard rather than the unconscious intepretations