Psychoanalytic Family Therapy

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Psychoanalytic
What are the key theoretical constructs?

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Freudian Drive Psychology
Self Psychology
Object Relations Theory

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Psychoanalytic
What is the essence of Psychoanalytic treatment?

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Symptom focused Treatment that relies on uncovering unconscious impulses and defenses against them. Transgenerational theory

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Psychoanalytic
Describe Freudian Drive Psychology

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Two basic drives of sex and aggression. Mental conflicts arise when acting on these drives may lead to punishment which leads to unpleasant affect.

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Psychoanalytic
What are the four components of Drive

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1. Aim-purpose
2. Source-location
3. Impetus-reason
4. Object-that to which the subject relates.

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Psychoanalytic
According to Drive Psychology, what causes anxiety?

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Anxiety arises from an unconscious idea that one will be punished for acting on impulses.

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Psychoanalytic
According to Drive psychology, what causes depression/

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Depression is unpleasure plus the unconscious idea that the feared calamity has already happened.

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Psychoanalytic
How does one shift the balance of conflict between unconscious impulses and actions.

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Strengthen defenses against impulses
Relax defenses to permit gratification.

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Psychoanalytic
Define Self Psychology

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based on developmental needs
All inidviduals want to be appreciated and loved which is shown by MIRRORING AND IDEALIZATION
Children lacking in love and appreciation are unhappy and crave attention.

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Psychoanalytic
Define Object Relations

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Looks at intra and inter psychic.
Focuses on how we relate to others based on our expectations from our early experiences. Bridge between Drive theory and Psychoanatlytic theory.
EMPHASIZES RELATIONSHIPS AND ATTACHMENTS RATHER THAN LIBIDINAL AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVES.

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Psychoanalytic
What is the object?

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Object is that to which the subject relates.

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Psychoanalytic
What is Internal Object

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Internal object is a mental image of self and others built upon experience and expectations.

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Psychoanalytic
What is external object

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External object is a person place or thing in which a person has invested emotional energy.

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Psychoanalytic
How does one experience the external object?

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Ideal Object=satisfaction
Rejecting object=anger
Exciting object=longing.

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Psychoanalytic
How does attachment affect individuals and relationships?

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Attachment is basic need. Denial of attachment leads to anaclitic depression, enmeshed and disengaged relationships.

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Psychoanalytic
What is separation-individuation?

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a gradual process of separation from the mother which, successfully done, will produce a well differentiated self

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Psychoanalytic
What is splitting?

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Splitting occurs when one cannot keep two contradictory thoughts or feelings in mind at the same time—either all good or all bad.

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Psychoanalytic

What are the components neccessary for healthy family development?

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Identification
Mirroring
Idealization

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Psychoanlaytic

What is Identification?

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A parent’s capacity to provide a secure environment for a baby’s developing ego, which depends upon the parents healthy identity.

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Psychoanalytic
What is mirroring?

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mirroring is understanding plus acceptance-validating the child’s inner experience.

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Psychoanalytic
What is idealization?

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Idealization-child draws additional strength from identifying with the power and strength of their parents

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Psychoanalytic

What is contextual therapy?

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emphasizes the ethical dimension of family dynamics, which focuses on a balance between rights and responsibilities.

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Psychoanalytic

What are the key techniques.

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o Holding-building Safety
o Soothing-
o Mirroring- understanding plus acceptance
o Validation-

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Psychoanalytic

What is the role of the therapist?

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1. Listening
2. Analytic Neutrality
3. Empathy
4. Interpretation

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Psychoanalytic

What is the goal of therapy?

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1. Increase holding capacity
2. Strengthen the ability for attachment
3. Bring to surface unconscious motives
4. Identify transgenerational patterns
5. Facilitate expression of thoughts and feelings
6. Healthy functional Interactions
7. Identify Defense Mechanisms

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Psychoanalytic
What creates symptoms?

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Projective Identification
Introjection
Family Myths
Transference
Fixation
Regression
Invisible Loyalties

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Psychoanalytic
What is projective Identification

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Defense mechanism that involves projecting unwanted aspects of the self onto another person and then that person acts in accordance with the projected attitudes and feelings. ( In a relationship, latent elements of another person's personality are activated)

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Psychoanalytic
What is Introjection

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Primitive form of identification where a person takes on aspects of another person which become part of self image.

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Psychoanalytic

What is family myths?

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family myths protect families from facing painful truths and keeps outsiders from learning embarrassing facts.

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Psychoanalytic
What is Transference?

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Distorting perceptions by attributing the qualities of one person to someone else.

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Psychonalytic

What is fixation

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Fixation occurs when families are stressed and they get stuck in dysfunctional patterns.

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Psychoanalytic
What is regression

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Regression occurs when families revert to earlier stages of development

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Psychoanalytic
What is invisible loyalty?

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Invisible loyalty is an unconscious commitment children take on to help their family at the detriment to themselves.

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Psychoanalytic What are conditions of change?

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Create a climate of trust and proceed slowly
2. Identify projective mechanisms and integrate split off parts of their own egos
3. Help families recognize how their present difficulties emerged from unconscious perpetuation of conflicts from their own families.