Psychodynamic therapies (Lecture 5, ch. 2) Flashcards
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Why NOT psychoanalysis?
- More questions than answers
- No clear guidelines
- Anxiety provoking
Why psychoanalysis (bleh boeh)?
- Where other theories might stop, this grasps upon things we may not yet understand
- Place for desire
What are tools for listening in psychoanalysis?
- Anxiety
- Identification
- Transference
- Associative chains
- Desire
- Repetition
DATRAI
Difference between therapy and analysis?
In therapy, it is about goals (function better), whereas, in analysis, it is just about the unconscious being able to speak
What is the difference between psychanalytic therapy and psychodynamic therapy?
psychodynamic therapy is primarily aimed at improving focused problems
What are basic psychoanalytic concepts useful for in almost all therapies?
Reflecting, conceptualizing, developing new ideas
Evidence for psychoanalytic psychotherapy?
- Much for short-term psychodynamic
- Quite some for LT psychoanalytic (for complex disorders)
- Effectiveness increases after termination
What are important basic themes in psychoanalysis?
- The unconscious
- Fantasy
- Primary and secondary processes
- Defense
- Transference
- One vs two-person psychologies
What does the shift from one to two-person psychology entail?
- One-person: possible to understand defenses without looking at contribution of therapist
- Two-person: both contribute
Seduction theory?
Sexual trauma lies at the root of psychological problems
Drive theory?
We have certain drives, tension is reduced when this goal is reached (homeostasis)
Bleuler and Jung argued for what concept? + what does it mean
Complexes= emotionally charged ideas that are repressed
Structural theory?
Id, ego, superego
Object relations theory, Klein?
Basic human motive to satisfy object (people, places, things) relations
What group was in between Freud and Klein?
British independents/middle group
Interpersonal psychoanalysis?
Sullivan: human relatedness is the most fundamental human motivation
Conflict theory?
Centrality of human experience and intrapsychic conflict
What has contributed to the decline of popularity of psychanalysis?
Increasing emphasis on biological factors, rise of cognitive-behaviorism, emphasis on EBT
Developmental arrest model?
Caregivers don’t meet needs to developmental process gets ‘arrested’
Reaction formation?
Saying you feel amazing when you feel shit
Transference?
Monsters zien in je therapeut
Intersubjectivity?
Accepting the other as also an independent center of subjectivity
Containment?
The therapist dealing with their own emotions
