Miscl. Therapies Flashcards
All the ‘igist’
Psychologist Psychiatrist - prescribe drugs, admit into hospital Psychotherapist - anybody in the hospital profession Psychotherapies - different models or schools of helping Psychoanalysis 0 one type of psychotherapy Psychoanalyst MSW - Masters in Social Work MHC - Mental Health Counselor
Psychoanalyst
Two approaches: Traditional: Adhere to Freud’s original thinking. The focus is on the recall of childhood memories. You meet with analyst 3-5 per week for years Modern: The focus is on “here and now” You meet once per week for months
Psychoanalysts practice techniques
- Couch - Intended so speaker doesn’t see psychoanalyst because what you perceive is by what you see 2. Free association - say whatever comes to mind 3. Resistance Analysis - Psychological blind spots “not aware of feelings” - Defense Mechanisms, Protective against anxiety
Transference ; counter transference
Transference - When pateient has feelings for the psychoanalyst Counter transference - When psychoanalyst has feelings for the paient a) object counter transference - analyst has the patient feelings b) subjective counter transference - analyst has own feelings for patient
Dream Interpretation
Manifest Content Lantent Content
Behavior Therapy
Uses the principles of classical and operant conditioning to treat maladaptive behaviors. 1. Treat Phobias a) Flooding: Massive exposure to phobia. works best with mild phobias. i.e put in a room with spider b) Systematic Desenitization - 1.Develop a hierchial list of your phobias from most to least scary things 2. learn profound relaxation 3. apply your relaxation to your list systematically
Aversion Therapy (part of behavior t.)
Pair a painful stimulus with a behavior you wish to change ex. Antabuse Therapy - A drug that has no painful effects unless you drink alcohol
Token System (part of behavior t.)
Reward to shape behaviors. You can shape behaviors by rewarding them, thus further influencing that behavior
Humanistic Therapy
Sometimes known as client or person centered therapy. Rogers/Maslow Non-directive therapy. Has unconditional positive regard. Non-judgmental, truly interested in your stories, truly empathetic, cares about you. all these feelings are authentic.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Based on how person thinks, their beliefs, attitudes, and how it affects behavior RET - Rational Emotive Therapy To get rid of irrational beliefs. Someone has the irrational belief that everyone has to like them. They will fix that by putting person in room with other people where they dislike them, makes irrational thought go away.
Gestalt
“Whole” Tries to get you to ‘here and now’ Triangle Top - Cognition Left - Emotions Right - Behavior Empty chair technique - Bring in 3rd empty chair and make patient talk to it, then afterwards the patient pretend to be person in chair responding to what he just said to the chair. Mirroring - Psychoanalyst pretends to be patient, acts like him so he can see the way he acts
Group Therapy
Therapy done in groups. You communicate with therapist and the group Conjoint therapy - combination of group and individual
Eclectic Approach
Drawing from all different therapies combined mentioned already
Biotherapies
Done by psychiatrists. Uses : Anti-depressants - increase serotonin or norepinephrine. Takes a few months to find the right one with least side effects Anti-psychotics - decrease dopamine. Major side effects. Tardrive dyskinesia: uncontrollable muscle spasms, like in the face, that’s permanent. Anti0anxiety Anti-anxiety
Electroconvulsive Shock Treatment (EST)
Used to treat severe, unrelenting depression as a last option.. Put 2 sensors on side of head, then sent into epileptic seizure which rebalances neurotransmitters. The major side effect is memory loss
