Final-psychotherapy/legal/ethical Flashcards
(21 cards)
advantages of seeing a therapist compared to a friend
- expertise
- understanding serious probs
- resources
- confidentiality
- objectivity
efficacy vs effectiveness in psychotherapy research
efficiacy- controlled study to look at the outcome of a variable, focus here in on internal validity
effectiveness- more based in the real world, based on external validity ( can be more generalized to everyday pop)
psychotherapy outcome reseach vs process reseach
outcome- is the therapy helpful
process- how the therapy works
basic concepts of psychoanalytic therapy
free association
dream analysis
interpretation
transference
brief psychodynamic therapy and Interpersonal therapy
BPT
- time limited
- concrete goals, symptom focused
IPT
- psychodynamic strats
- CB strategies
- effctive for depression
Basic concepts and techniques in Client centred therapy (carl rodgers)
therapist displays genuineness, empathy, unconditional positive regard
review of gestalt therapy
- focus on here and now
- empty chair technique
- aweness of present desires ( what they want etc)
Beck and ellis are examples of this method and similarities + differences
-both CBT
Similarity- change by thinking differently
differences
Beck= Inductive/ collaborative
Ellis=decuctive/forcefull
dodo bird effect
when comparing different forms of therapy we get similar results (all are dec)
Common factors of all therapies
- client/therapist relation
- working alliance
- if client believes they will benefit then they are more likely too
Psychotherapy research consensus beliefs (7)
- therapy is helpful to most clients
- most people achieve some change quick
- dodo bird effect
- ppl change more due to common than specific factors
- client/therapist relation=best predictor of change
- Most therapists lean more from experience than research
- ~10% of clients get worse
types of psychotherapy integration
- technical eclecticism- utalizing all different approaches
- common factorism- focus on giving strategies that work across different approaches and not worrying about the little things
- Theoretical integration- synthesize the theory behind approaches
- Assimilative- Primarily working in one orientation and borrowing a technique from another orientation and integrating it in
Emic vs Etc approaches to culture
Emic- culture is studied within the system
Etic- all counselling is multicultural, should be taken into account, each person should be viewed as unique
multicultural counselling
- culture bound values (indv. cantered usually)
- Class bound values (long term goals etc)
- Language variables (most are english(
Cival commitment and criteria
mentally ill and requires hospitalization against their will
Community treatment orders
Used to ensure treatment compliance
issues with CTOs
public safety vs well being of mentally ill person
(people who oppose this believe that society shouldn’t coerce ppl into treatment and more resources need to go into providing better housing )
criminal commitment
accused of committing a crime
mnaghten rules
clarify what is needed to be insane and that the person didn’t know what they were doing or that is was something wrong
canadian psychological association ethics code principals
- respect for the dignity of persons and people
- responsible caring
- Integrity in relations
- responsibility to society
6 limits to confidentiality
- harm to self or other
- child abuse
- abuse by health care
- abuse in long term care facility
- Legal proceedings
- college of psychologists
