Chapter 11-15 Flashcards
most common professional activity of clinical psychologists
psychotherapy
dodo bird verdict
different therapies are equally effective
active ingredients of therapy
- therapeutic relationship / alliance
- hope
- attention
3-stage sequential model of common factors
- support
- learning
- action factors
involves selecting the best treatment for a given client based on empirical data from studies of the treatment of similar clients
eclectic approach
involves blending approaches in order to create a new hybrid
integrative approach
primary goal of psychodynamic therapy
make the unconscious conscious
- clients simply say whatever comes into mind without any self-censorship or self-editing
- allows the unconscious to be expressed
free association
contemporary forms of psychodynamic tehrapy
- interpersonal therapy
- time-limited dynamic psychotherapy
- designed to treat depression in 14-18 session
- improving interpersonal relationships will alleviate depression
- emphasis on role expectations
interpersonal therapy
- focus on transference and a therapy relationship that does not follow the same unhealthy, unconscious “script” as previous relationships
- make client aware of script to enable a corrective emotional experience
time-limited dynamic psychotherapy
primary goal of humanistic therapy
foster self-actualization
the clients’ real selves match their ideal selves
congruence
mismatch between real and ideal selves and is the root of psychopathology
incongruence
alternatives to humanism
- existential psychotherapy
- gestalt therapy
address anxiety of inescapable solitude of life
existential psychotherapy
holistic approach to enhancing current experience (“the now”)
gestalt therapy
emphasizes human strengths
positive psychology
goal of behavioral psychotherapy
observable behavior change
techniques based on classical conditioning
- exposure therapy
- systematic desensitization
- assertiveness training
- version of “facing your fears”
- often used to treat anxiety disorders
- client is repeatedly exposed to the feared object and the expective aversive outcome does not take place = client no longer experiences the fear response
exposure therapy
particular form of exposure with empirical evidence in the treatment of OCD
exposure-plus-response-prevention (ERP)
- often used for phobias and other anxiety disorders
- similar to exposure therapy, but relaxation technique is included
systematic desensitization
- a specific application of classical conditioning that targets clients’ social anxieties
- includes elements of exposure and systematic desensitization
- includes direct instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and homework
assertiveness training
