Ch. 1 - Intro to Clin Flashcards
(36 cards)
What are the 2 major divisions of clinical therapy?
Assessment & treatment
What does assessment entail?
- Finding out the story
2. Framing it in a useful way
Talk about some of the 9 misconceptions of clinical psych
-You don’t have to like your therapist for therapy to be effective
o TRUE, but you need to have some sort of rapport, especially in the beginning
It is more effective if you use “tough love” methods
-A therapist can “fix” my child later on
o FALSE, you cannot just work with the child; the parent Is actually going to have the most impact on the child.
-Anyone can change in therapy
o FALSE, I don’t think everyone can, not everyone is ready, inappropriate in certain cases.
-If you have a PhD in psychology, you can call yourself a “psychologist”
o FALSE, can only call yourself a psychologist if you have a license and a clinical degree
-It’s all about your childhood
-If you’re with someone with a license in psychology, they’re always analyzing you
-Therapists might make you do things against your will
o NOPE, that is very unethical
-It’s better to see a psychiatrist because they are a “real doctor”
o They have different strengths but they are not necessarily better
What 5 roles do clinical psychologists have?
- Formal assessment
- Conduct psychotherapy
- Conduct research
- Consult
- Educate
What is the most popular profession for a clinical psychologist?
Private practice (50%) - Very few do research
While private practices can be lucrative you need to…(2)
promote yourself in your community and maybe work long hours
Academic careers are unique and have a wide range of salary based on…(4)
Seniority
Bringing in grant $
Published in journals
Size of the school
Who was the first to used clinical psychology and what was it originally defined as being similar to?
Lightner Witmer
- medicine, education, and sociology
Since growing, clinical psychology has becomes a very…
broad & hard to define field
Brief definitions emphasize
- The study
- The assessment
- Treatment of people with psychological problems
What are the 5 commonalities among most training programs?
o Doctoral degree o Most enter with bachelor’s, some with master’s degree o Required coursework o Thesis/dissertation o Pre-doctoral internship
What are the 5 specialty tracks?
♣ Child ♣ Health ♣ Forensic ♣ Family ♣ Neuropsychology
What are the 3 models of training?
- Scientist-practitioner model (or Boulder model)
- Practitioner-scholar model (or Vail model)
- Clinical scientist model
What is the S-P Model (Boulder Model)? (2)
-A balanced approach
-Emphasizes BOTH practice and research
o Graduate should be able to competently practice (therapy, assessment) and conduct research
What is the P-S Model (Vail Model)? (2)
- Emphasizes practice over research
- Yields the PsyD degree (Not the traditional PhD)
What degree program has proliferated in recent years?
PsyD
What is 6 ways a PsyD is different from a PhD?
- Emphasize practice over research
- Larger classes
- Greater acceptance rate
- Often in free-standing professional schools (vs. in university departments)
- Offer less funding to students
- Less success in placing students in APA-accredited internships
Why did the clinical scientist model emerge?
primarily as a reaction against the trend toward practice represented by Vail Model
What book sparked the movement for clinical scientist?
Richard McFall’s 1991 “Manifesto for a Science of Clinical Psychology”
What is the clinical scientist model? (2)
- A Subset of PhD institutions who strongly endorse empiricism and science = research
- Tend to train researchers rather than practitioners
What are the two emerging trends in training? (2)
Technology
o Use of webcams for supervision
o Computer based assessment
Competencies
o Skills that a student must demonstrate
o Ex: intervention, assessment, research, etc.
What is a pre-doctoral internship (2)? What does it transition?
- Takes place at the end of doctoral training programs (before PhD or PsyD is awarded)
- A full year of supervised clinical experience in an applied setting
- Transition from student to professional
What is a postdoctoral internship (6)?
- Takes place after the doctoral degree is awarded
- Typically lasts 1-2 years
- Still supervised, but more independence
- Often specialized training
- Often required for state licensure
- Great way of doing research
Licensure enables
enables independent practice and identification as a member of the profession
