Psychodynamic Therapies Flashcards
Technics free association
Say what ever, builds a relationship.
Techniques transference
Transfer emotions and thoughts.
Onto therapist making them feel safe
Originally associated with one person unconsciously shift on to their therapist
Therapist interprets them and says where they come from
Psychodynamic therapy is are based on
Freuds theory that schizophrenia is due to unresolved conflicts in child hood
between the ego super ego and ID
Techniques interpretation
Therapists interprets it making it more understandable
Example, dream analysis - therapist it’s to see the subconscious the more severe the more support needed
Freud thought…
That it wouldn’t work he was very pessimistic as he thought schizophrenia was a two way process and he didn’t know if his therapy could achieve this two-way process
Grottediener meta analysis
Cognitive therapy was 66% effective and classed as effective
Psychodynamic was also 66% therefore it should also be classed as effective
Other forms of psychoanalysis have found…
That the techniques are successful when combined with drugs schizophrenics are able to cope
Some people say that the theory is…
Invalid as the conscious mind is abstract and hard to test
Effectiveness Fromm Reichman tried it
No evidence it worked
Effectiveness Tarrier
Said it can bring on a relapse research showing results longer hospitalisation
Can bring up suppressed memory is making it stressful
research is to inconclusive
- malmberg and Fenton
Impossible to do your definite conclusions for or against
Methodological limitations
Undermine support only small number of studies completed can’t generalise it half of the studies were biased
Contradictory findings
May-patients treated with therapy with medication had significantly better outcomes that research is contradictory more research is needed
appropriateness
Combined with antipsychotics they are seen as improving quality of life
Costs and benefits
Terrier et al - It’s expensive but in the long term it works they are less likely to be hospitalised which is more expensive
