Individual Therapies Flashcards
(26 cards)
Psychotherapy is
systematic use of a human relationship for therapeutic purposes of alleviating emotional distress
Talk-therpy
psychotherapy
3 elements of psychotherapies
- A healing agent (i.e., trained mental health professional – an expert
- A sufferer (i.e., the patient/client)
- A healing or therapeutic relationship (i.e., working with a defined set of psychological principles in a planned, systematic way)
CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL THERAPIES
To overcome the effects of a crisis
supportive psychotherapy: To deal with the needs of the long-term psychologically disabled
behaviorally oriented therapies: To abolish or improve circumscribed symptoms or problems
psychoanalytically oriented therapies/group therapies: To facilitate self-awareness with corresponding change in personality functioning
Kinds of individual therapies
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Aims of psychoanalysis
Reorganization of personality to mature level of functioning;
Symptom-relief or problem solving
Entails the extension of memory back to childhood events
Recollection (remembering)
More than mental recall it is an emotional replay of former interactions with significant individuals in patient’s life
Repetition (reliving)
Both affective and cognitive integration of repressed memories
Working through (gaining insight)
Methods of treatment in Psychoanalysis
Intensive for of psychotherapy
Patient talks about whatever comes to mind
Analyst listens intently & respond to px
Patient requisites in psychoanalysis
High motivation for change Psychological-mindedness Good previous interpersonal relationships Good frustration tolerance Neurosis/ mild character pathology
Less intensive form of psychoanalysis
Less frequent session – 1-3x sessions per week
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Patient and therapist sit opposite each other
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Patient on a couch with therapist out of view
Psychoanalysis
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
TYPES
Expressive Psychotherapy
Supportive Psychotherapy
says ALL BEHAVIOR IS LEARNED
John B. Watson
Similar to SD except that relaxation training is NOT involved and treatment is carried out in a real-life context
Therapeutic Graded Exposure
Similar to graded exposure except with no hierarchy
Flooding/Implosion
Central concept: imitation by observation
Participant Modeling
Geared towards the attainment of confidence and sufficient self-esteem to express opinions
Assertiveness Training
Use of noxious stimuli to extinguish an unwanted behavior
Aversion Therapy
Used for substance disorders, sleep disorders and weight
Stimulus-Control
Examine: The basic assumptions Logical reasoning Ways of processing information Which lead to the patient’s automatic and often irrational thoughts about himself and his relation to others
COGNITIVE THERAPY
Assumes all behavior (including thoughts and feelings) is learned and borderline personality behave in ways that reinforce or even reward their behavior
DIALECTAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT)
