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Lecture 9- Psychotherapy
information from Nnamdi Pole's (Smith College professor) power point presentation
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2010

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What Do You Think of When You Hear:

Sigmund Freud

and 

Hans Strupp?

Definition
You should think of: Psychodynamic Therapy
Term

Psychodynamic Therapy:

(1) Assumed Pathogen,

(2) Time Focus,

(3) Techniques for Therapy

Definition

(1) unconscious conflict

(2) remote past

(3) free association: patient speaks all thoughts that come to mind

transference: patient recreates conflicts from past w/therapist in present

Term

What Do You Think of When You Hear:

Carl Rogers

and

Fritz Perls?

Definition
You should think of: Humanistic-Experiential Therapies
Term

What Do You Think of When You Hear:

B. F. Skinner

and

Edna Foa

Definition
You should think of: Behavioral Therapies
Term

What Do You Think of When You Hear:

Albert Ellis

and 

Aaron T. Beck?

Definition
You should think of: Cognitive Therapies
Term

What Do You Think of When You Hear:

Stanly Sue

and

Lillian Comas-Diaz?

Definition
You should think of: Sociocultural Therapies
Term

Humanistic-Experiential Therapies:

(1) Assumed Pathogens,

(2) Time Focus

(3) Techniques of Therapy

Definition

(1) inauthenticity, preoccupation w/past and future

(2) now.

(3) empathetic accuracy: therapist becomes mirror of client

emotional insight: self-analysis

empty chair technique: role playing activity to resolve relationship issues by imagining person sitting in empty chair

Term

Behavioral Therapies:

(1) Assumed Pathogen

(2) Time Focus

(3) ABCs

Definition

(1) maladaptive learning

(2) recent past

(3) activating event

behavior

consequences

change consequences to replace unwanted behavior with desired behavior

Term
(exposure therapy: a behavior therapy)
Definition

fears persist because patient avoids learning that feared object is no longer harmful

repeated exposure to fear to learn that stimulus is no longer harmful

Term

Cognitive Therapies:

(1) Assumed Pathogen

(2) Time Focus

(3) ABCs

(4) Techniques of Therapy

Definition

(1) irrational, maladaptive thinking

(2) recent past

(3) activating event

belief system

consequences

change belief system to replace unwanted consequences with desired consequences

(4) Identity Self-Talk: what did you say to yourself? 

Socaratic Questioning: is this realistic? Cognitive Restructuring: what could you have said to yourself instead?

Term

Sociocultural Therapies:

(1) Assumed Pathogens

(2) Time Focus

Definition

(1) prejudice/discrimination, social conditions (poverty), cultural mismatch

(2) variable

Term
Dodo Bird Verdict
Definition

all psychotherapies are equally effective

(NIMH: all are as effective as taking medication)

Term

The Three Rs

(why psychotherapy works)

Definition

Rationale: plausible explanation for problems.

Rituals: symbolic acts believed to be helpful

Relationship:  strong bond w/shared goals

 

good relationship can increase odds of therapy success by 26%

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