Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
What is the basis?
It is holistic in nature and we are all striving towards superiority and perfection, must learn how to deal with feelings of inferiority.
Adlerian Psychology (The
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Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
What is the basis?
It is holistic in nature and we are all striving towards superiority and perfection, must learn how to deal with feelings of inferiority.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
What is the method of counseling?
A method of counseling, which is also called individual Psychology, where all behavior is believed to be purposive and goal directed
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
What is Fictional Finalism?
A component of Adlerian therapy is an imagined central goal that gives a client purpose and guides his or her behavior.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
Phenomenology.
To use Adlerian therapy effectively, an addiction counselor or other helping professional must attempt to view the world from the perspective of the client through a process called phenomenology.
ln other words, the client can only be understood in terms of his or her family, social and cultural contexts, perceptions and private loqic.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
Private Logic
Private logic is reality as we perceive it; it is subjective, and the behavior that results from it can change if the client's perceptions change.
Addiction counselors and other helping professionals must recognize the client's perspective and work to create change within it.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
Lifestyle
A component of Adlerian therapy that refers to the client's chosen method of moving through life.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
Social Interest
A component of Adlerian therapy that is an awareness of being a part 0f the human community and how one interacts with the social world.
Behavior Therapy
What is the basis?
A method of therapy that focuses on modifying the client's learned behaviors that are negatively affecting their lives.
Behavior Therapy
What is classical conditioning?
Think Pavlov's dog, where a particular response to a stimuli can be elicited over time by association with another related stimuli, like ringing of the bell when food is given to the dog.
Behavior Therapy
Operant Conditioning
Think BF Skinner and his little girl, where behavior is reinforced and learned based on the consequences of the behavior.
Behavior Therapy
Social Learning Approach
Think the post toasties cereal joke - A method of behavior therapy developed by Albert Bandura where behavior is learned by observing the consequences of someone else's experience.
Behavior Therapy
How is it applied?
Tokens for sobriety i.e. AA Chips
Cue Exposure Treatment
Aversion Therapy i.e. Antabuse - Schick Shadel
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
What is the basis?
An method of counseling that focuses on simultaneously learning new behaviors and restructuring automatic thoughts,.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Where it does not work well
For the client who is unwilling to be engaged in therapy and do the homework.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
History and Original Intent
Modified form of CBT originally designed to treat suicide patients who meet the diagnosis for borderline personality disorder.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
What else is DBT used for?
Shown empirically to be useful for substance dependence, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Main Principal
Mindfulness - Essential and core skill
Interpersonal Effectiveness - Similar to assertiveness training
Distress Tolerance - This involves accepting, finding meaning for, and tolerating distress
Emotional Regulation - Learning to regulate emotions
Family Systems Counseling
Six Basic Family Roles
Substance Abuser
Enabler
Hero
Scapegoat
Lost Child
Mascot - Most likely to commit suicide
Family Systems Counseling
Common Family Approaches
Bowenian Family Therapy triangulation, genograms
Experiential/Humanistic Family Therapy Focuses on the present, promoting choice, self-determination and actualization
Family Disease Model Family disease
Structural Family Therapy enmeshment - boundaries
Strategic Family Therapy directives
Gestalt Therapy
Basis
A method of counsering where a client gains awareness of his or her behavior and learns how to accept personal responsibility for those behaviors
Gestalt Therapy
Key Aspects
Genuineness must occur between the client and the therapist
Projective Therapy Think empty chair approach
Gestalt Therapy
Other Key Tenets
Existentialism focuses on present day and stresses personal responsibility for one's own destiny
Unfinished Business Unexpressed feelings from childhood that now interfere with healthy functioning
Contact process of interacting with nature and with other people without losing one's sense of individuality
Medication Assisted Treatment
Basis
The use of prescriptions to assist and support a client's ongoing counseling and recovery
Medication Assisted Treatment
Types
Sensitizers Overly sensitizes Antabuse
Antagonists Block the effects Naltrexone
Opioid Inverse Agonist both opioid-like properties and can also be a blocker of opioids Buprenorphine
Psychotropics dual diagnosis anti-depressants
Person Centered Therapy
Basis
The client, not the counselor directs the course of the treatment process
Person Centered Therapy
Main Principals
Humanism: A philosophical movement that focuses on the innate nature within all humans to achieve our potential and find meaning in our lives
Congruence: This is the most important of the three attitudes. lt is a condition where the counselor is consistently genuine or real, the counselor is able to match his or her external behavior with inner thoughts and feelings
Unconditional Positive Regard: A component of person- centered therapy where a counselor shows the client constant acceptance and caring.
Accurate Empathic Understanding: The ability to
identify with and understand the subjective world of a client; also a component of person-centered therapy
Psychoanalytical Theory
Basis
A deterministic method of counseling where the mental dysfunction results from a client's internal conflicts, processes and memories.
Psychoanalytical Theory
Key Principles
Unconscious Mind: A part of the human psyche that functions outside of the awareness of the individual
Analysis of Resistance: A component of psychoanalytical therapy where a client surfaces repressed material from the unconscious mind up to the conscious mind,
ld: A component of psychoanalytical therapy that is the source of unconscious aggressive and sexual urges
Ego: A component of psychoanalytical therapy that is the mediator between the id and superego
Super Ego: A component of psychoanalytical therapy that is the source of moral urges
Defense Mechanism: A technique employed by the ego when a conflict between the superego and id causes anxiety, according to psychoanalytical therapy
Rational-emotive;behavior Therapy (REBT)
Basis
A method of counseling that focuses on changing the problematic beliefs ol an individual as a result of the events in his or her life
Rational-emotive;behavior Therapy (REBT)
Key Principal
Activating Events: According to rational-emotive- behavior therapy, they are events that occur in an individual's life that lead to a reaction (belief) about that event,
Beliefs: How a person feels or thinks about an activating event; a component of rational-emotive-behavior therapy.
Consequences: How an individual behaves based on his or her beliefs concerning an activating event; a component of rational-emotive-behavior therapy
Rational-emotive;behavior Therapy (REBT)
The A-B-C Theory
ABC Model of REBT
A = Activating Event
B = Beliefs
C = Emotional and Behavioral Consequences
ln therapy, the therapist also introduces D (disputing intervention), E (the effect of D), and F (the new feeling that results from E).
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