The process involves bringing to the surface repressed memories and feelings. Unconscious neurotic conflicts are recovered from memory and verbally expressed.
Freud referred to the steps of this process as recollection, repetition and working through.
Psychoanalysis
___________ is the extension of memory back to childhood.
Recollection
____________ is more than mental recall, it is the emotional replay of former interactions with significant individuals.
Repitition
__________ is the affective and cognitive integration of previously repressed memories.
Working through
Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Frued
Requirement for psychotherapy: Significant ________ must be present so that patients are motivated to make the sacrifice in time and money.
suffering
Requirement for psychotherapy: Must have a genuine wish to _________ themselves, not just a desperate hunger for symptomatic relief.
understand
Requirement for psychotherapy: They must be able to withstand _________ & ________, without fleeing or acting out their feelings in a self destructive way.
frustration / anxiety
Requirement for psychotherapy: Must have a reasonable, mature ________ that allows them to be honest with the analyst.
super-ego
Requirement for psychotherapy: Must be of reasonable ___________.
intelligence
Above all else what must a patient be able to do in order for psychotherapy to be effective?
Must be able to think abstractly and symbolically about the unconscious meaning of their behavior.
What are some indications for psychotherapy? (7)
Anxiety disorders
Obsessional thinking
Compulsive behavior
Conversion disorder
Sexual dysfunction
Depressive states
Personality disorders
What are some contraindications for psychotherapy? (7)
Absence of suffering
Poor impulse control
Low motivation
Presence of extreme dishonesty
Antisocial personality disorder
Concrete thinking
In the middle of life upheaval
In __________ carefully selected persons who are emotionally ill meet in a group guided by a trained therapist and help one another effect personality change.
Group Therapy
Who should you not send to group therapy? (5)
Peer anxiety-borderline
Schizoid personality disorders
Severely isolated from peer group contact
Delusional Patients
Violent Patients with unpredictable behavior
People with ______________ disorders do poorly in a heterogeneous group but may do well with other peers with the same illness.
antisocial personality
Both _______ & __________ therapy focuses on altering the interactions between and among family members. This type of therapy seeks to improve the functioning of the family as a unit & aims to change relational functioning as well as the
functioning of sp
family & couples
What is the cognitive triad?
People's beliefs about themselves, their personal world, and the future
The central feature of __________________ is it's emphasis on the psychological significance of people's beliefs about themselves, their personal world, and the future...the cognitive triad.
Cognitive Therapy of Emotional Disorders
_______________ is a short term, structured therapy that uses active collaboration between patient and therapist to achieve therapeutic goals.
Cognitive Therapy of Emotional Disorders
What type of disorders can you treat with Cognitive Therapy? (5)
Depression
Panic disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Personality disorders
Somatoform disorders
What are the four techniques of cognitive therapy? (4)
Eliciting automatic thoughts (cognitive distortions)
Testing automatic thoughts
Identifying maladaptive assumptions
Testing the validity of maladaptive assumptions
Everybody will laugh at me when they see how badly I bowl" & "sShe doesn't like me because she didn't say hi to me in the hall" are examples of _________________.
Automatic thoughts (cognitive distortions)
_________________ is a cognitive therapy technique where the patient is encouraged to reject inaccurate or exaggerated thoughts. Patients often blames themselves for things outside of their control and this technique is designed to help the patient genera
Testing automatic thoughts
________________ are patterns that rule or guide a person's life. ("To be happy, I must be perfect".)
Maladaptive assumptions
______________ is a cognitive therapy technique where the therapist asks the patient to defend the validity of assumptive patterns that rule or guide the patient's life.
Testing the validity of maladaptive assumptions
______________ involves changing the behavior of a patient to reduce dysfunction and to improve quality of life. This type of therapy brings about behavioral change by modifying antecedent or consequences and giving instructions.
Behavioral Therapy
__________ is a patients observable actions and responses.
Behavior
_________________ is overcoming maladaptive anxiety by approaching the situation gradually while relaxed.
Systemic desensitization
What are some types of systemic desensitization?
Relaxation training
Hierarchy construction
Desensitization of the stimulus
______________ produces physiological effects opposite to those of anxiety. What are some examples?
Relaxation training / Zen & Yoga
____________ is a method of determining all the conditions that cause anxiety and stratify them.
Hierarchy construction
Other methods of behavioral therapy include:
______ therapy: a noxious stimulus (punishment) is presented immediately after a specific behavioral response. __________ is when a desired behavioral response is followed by a rewarding event.
Aversion therapy / Positive reinforcement