...Psychotherapies Samantha Collins BEH/225 October 26, 2014 Bettye Griffin Psychotherapies Psychotherapy is any psychological technique used to facilitate positive changes in a person’s personality, behavior, or adjustment. (Coon/Mitterer, 2012) There are many different approaches to psychotherapy and most therapists do not rely on just one approach. Instead, they use techniques from different approaches and modify treatment to meet each client’s psychological needs. Three main types of psychotherapy are Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Cognitive-Behavioral, but the approach a therapist takes can be as unique as the therapists themselves can be. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person’s present behavior. (Haggerty, 2014) Also known as insight-oriented therapy, the goals of psychodynamic therapy are a client’s self-awareness and understanding of the influence of the past on present behavior. In its brief form, a psychodynamic approach enables the client to examine unresolved conflicts and symptoms that arise from past dysfunctional relationships and manifest themselves in the need and desire to abuse substances. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By exploring patterns of thinking that lead to self-destructive actions and the beliefs that direct these thoughts, people with mental illness can modify their patterns of thinking to improve...
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...Psychotherapies Trisha Shetler Beh/ 225 August 30, 2015 David Stephensen The Three psychotherapies I will be talking about are Cognitive therapy, Rational-emotive behavior,and Existence therapy. Psychotherapy is a psychological technique that can achieve positive changes in personality, behavior, or personal modification. Many therapies help individuals figure out how to be more positive and helps a person change the way they act or see themselves. Cognitive therapy, this kind of therapy focuses on helping patients change their way of thinking that can lead to disturbing emotions or behaviors. The point is to show patients how to adapt to outrage, depression, awkwardness around other people, stress, and similar matters. This kind of therapy is as successful as taking medications when treating numerous cases of depression. It helps a person with new thinking patterns which can lead to lessen the chances of being depressed, medications don't have this impact. Ration-Emotive Behavior therapy is part of the cognitive therapy family. One of the essential goals of rational emotive therapy is to reach a goal of mental wellness. Though different types of therapy may have objectives, for example,discovering a suppressed...
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...Psychotherapies BEH/225 Kristie Browning September 1, 2015 Joshua Paul Humanistic therapies are used to help patients gain insight into their feelings, emotions, and behaviors. The three main psychotherapies are client-centered therapy, existential therapy, and gestalt therapy. Psychotherapy has often been depicted as a complete personal transformation—a sort of “major overhaul” of the psyche. But therapy is not equally effective for all problems (Coon & Mitterer, 2013). Client-Centered Therapy was developed by Carl Rogers. Rogers referred to his Patients as clients rather than patients because he felt by calling them patients It made it sound as if they were sick and needed treatment in order to be cured. Rogers also thought that what may be right for the therapist may not be right for the client. It was Rogers that also allowed his clients to talk about what they wanted to talk about in their sessions together. Client- centered therapy focuses on finding one’s true self that is hidden deep within one’s own defenses (Coon & Mitterer, 2013). Existential Therapy has some similarities as client-centered therapy such as, both therapies promote self-knowledge. With that being said there are prominent differences as well. Existential therapists try to give clients the courage to make rewarding and socially constructive choices. Typically, therapy focuses on death...
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...Psychotherapies Analysis Donnette Morris BEH/225 03/25/2016 Graciela Pulliam In this paper I will summarize three psychotherapies the main tenants of each therapy, their effectiveness in treating psychological disorders and their strengths. The psychotherapies that will be discussed in this essay are client centered therapy, cognitive therapy and behavioral therapy. Psychotherapies are classified as either insight, action or both which describes ultimate goal of the therapy. Insight refers to the therapies goal to bring clients to a deeper understanding of their thoughts, emotions, and behavior (Coon & Mitterer, 2009). Action refers to therapies designed to bring about direct changes in troublesome thoughts, habits, feelings, or behavior, without seeking insight into their origins or meanings (Coon & Mitterer, 2009). Psychotherapies can be classified as directive, non-directive or both referring to the role of the therapist. Directive refers to the therapist providing strong guidance and advice. Non-directive refers to the therapist merely assisting clients, who are responsible for solving their own problems. Psychotherapy may involve individual counseling, group or both (Coon & Mitterer, 2009). Client centered therapy is considered part of the humanistic school of therapy. Client centered therapy is classified as nondirective based on the insights from conscious thoughts and feelings. It can involve individuals or groups. Carl Rogers believed...
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...Psychotherapies Krystle A McClurg BEH/225 09/11/2015 MELODIE MILLER Psychotherapies Psychotherapy, or "talk therapy", is a way to treat people with a mental disorder by helping them understand their illness. It teaches people strategies and gives them tools to deal with stress and unhealthy thoughts and behaviors. Psychotherapy helps patients manage their symptoms better and function at their best in everyday life. Sometimes psychotherapy alone may be the best treatment for a person, depending on the illness and its severity. Other times, psychotherapy is combined with medications. Therapists work with an individual or families to devise an appropriate treatment plan. (Psychotherapies, n.d.) Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a blend of two therapies: cognitive therapy (CT) and behavioral therapy. CT was developed by psychotherapist Aaron Beck, M.D., in the 1960's. CT focuses on a person's thoughts and beliefs, and how they influence a person's mood and actions, and aims to change a person's thinking to be more adaptive and healthy. Behavioral therapy focuses on a person's actions and aims to change unhealthy behavior patterns. CBT helps a person focus on his or her current problems and how to solve them. Both patient and therapist need to be actively involved in this process. The therapist helps the patient learn how to identify distorted or unhelpful thinking patterns, recognize and change inaccurate beliefs, relate to others in more positive ways, and change...
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...Psychotherapies Melissa Terrell BEH/225 6/26/2015 Yvonne Patin Psychotherapy is a basic term used to categorize the treatment of mental health issues. The course of psychotherapy normally reveals the emotional condition of an individual. Behavior, Cognitive, and Humanistic therapy are types of therapy often utilized in the treatment of mental health issues. Behavior therapy is derived from the belief that all behavior is learned from one’s environment, which results in abnormal behavior. The focal point of behavior therapy are current problems and behavior that may justify actions, and makes efforts to eliminate bad behavior, and encourage or magnify positive behavior utilizing treatment based on classical and operant conditioning. Techniques utilized were token economies, which is a strategy that allows patients to earn tokens in return for certain privileges and wanted items. Contingency management implements the use of a written contract between the patient and the therapist detailing the goals related to changes in behavior, reinforcement, rewards, and penalizations for not meeting the requirements of the contract. Modeling, is the learning by observing and monitoring the behavior of others. Behavior therapy has been most effective in the treatment of anxiety and/or panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorders, but on the other hand is not the best course of treatment for conditions such as depression and schizophrenia. Cognitive therapy, focuses...
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...Psychotherapy Friday, March 09, 2012 PSY/210 “Psychotherapy is a systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that brings psychological principles to bear on influencing the clients thoughts, feelings, or behavior to help that client overcome abnormal behavior or adjust to problems in living” (University of Phoenix, 2012). Psychoanalysis is a method of psychotherapy, which helps people develop awareness. During psychoanalysis the client is comfortable generally on the couch and asked to speak freely about anything that comes to mind, which is called, free association. Also during this process most clients will show resistance and transference. Modern approaches of the psychoanalyst are known as ego analyst. Human existential therapy include, client centered therapy, which emphasizes the creation of a warm, therapeutic atmosphere that frees clients to engage in self-exploration and self-expression. Client centered is nondirective, positive, and genuine. Human existential therapy includes Gestalt therapy, which integrates conflicting parts of the personality through directive methods designed to help clients perceive their whole selves. Behavior therapy is a form of therapy that applies principles of learning to help people make desired behavioral changes. Fear reduction methods, which include, flooding, gradual exposure, systematic desentization, and modeling. “Adverse therapy which is a behavior therapy technique in which stimuli associated with...
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...There are many different types of psychotherapies the first one I would like to talk about is called Psychoanalytic therapy. This type of therapy looks at how the unconscious mind influences thoughts and behaviors. “Psychoanalysis frequently involves looking at early childhood experiences in order to discover how these events might have shaped the individual and how they contribute to current actions. People undergoing psychoanalytic therapy often meet with their therapist at least once a week and may remain in therapy for a number of weeks, months, or years. Psychoanalytic therapists generally spend time listening to patients talk about their lives, which is why this method is often referred to as the talking cure”. A therapy provider looks for patterns or significant events that might cause the patients current difficulties. Psychoanalysts also believe that a person’s childhood events and unconscious feelings, thoughts, and motivations play a role in mental illness and maladaptive behaviors. The second type of therapy I would like to discuss is called Aversion therapy. This is a form of treatment that utilizes behavioral principles to eliminate unwanted behavior.” In this therapeutic method, the unwanted stimulus is repeatedly paired with discomfort. The goal of the conditioning process is to make the individual associate the stimulus with unpleasant or uncomfortable sensations. During aversion therapy, the client may be asked to think of or engage in the behavior they enjoy...
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...Psychotherapy, treatment of mental or emotional disorders or personal problems using psychological techniques that rely heavily on verbal and emotional communication and other symbolic behavior. Psychotherapy differs in two ways from the informal help one person gives another. First, it is conducted by a psychotherapist who is specially trained and licensed or otherwise culturally sanctioned. Second, psychotherapy is guided by theories about the sources of distress and the methods needed to alleviate it. Because communication is the primary means of healing in most forms of psychotherapy, the relationship between the therapist and patient, or client, is much more important than in other medical treatments. The therapist’s personality influences the patient and may be used quite deliberately to achieve therapeutic ends. Psychotherapy is often used in conjunction with other treatments, especially psychotropic drug therapy (seePsychoactive Drug; Psychiatry). These drugs may be prescribed by a mental health professional, usually a psychiatrist (a physician who specializes in the treatment of psychological problems). (See also Mental Disorders; Mental Health.) Attempts to ameliorate emotional and mental disorders through psychological means date from ancient time. Psychotherapeutic practices based on scientific principles date from about 1772, when the Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer defined and used a form of hypnosis called animal magnetism. Neuroses were treated in the 19th...
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...♦ Psychotherapy can be contemplated as the art of persuasion because of its capability to convalesce the emotional state of distressed individuals and has unavoidably been influenced and molded by the social, economic, political and cultural climates in which it has been formed thus resulting in the evolution over the past 120 years into innumerable methods and schools (Knack, 2009) ♦ Clinicians conventionally functioned from within their own specific theoretical framework often to the point of being blind to other conceptualizations and possible superior interventions (Goldfried, 1980) ♦ As these approaches continued to develop and remain theoretically and scientifically productive (Boswell et al., 2010), in practice, the choice of the most...
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...Counseling and psychotherapy models & theories Ariam K. Frezghi Liberty University Abstract Counselors and Psychologist have different jobs and strategies but both accomplish the same outcome at the end. The terms Counseling and Psychotherapy are often used interchangeably. Though they have similar meanings with considerable overlap, there are some important distinctions between the two. Counseling is generally used to denote a relatively brief treatment that is focused most upon behavior. Psychotherapy on the other hand is generally a longer term treatment which focuses on more gaining insight into chronic physical and emotional problems. The overall aim of the article is to restimulate research and theory on the relationship. Keywords: Counseling, Psychotherapy, theories, methods Introduction Counseling sometimes is a conversation or series of conversations between a counselor and client. Counseling usually focuses on a specific problem and taking the steps to address or solve it. It often targets a particular symptom or problematic situation and offers suggestions and advice for dealing with it. Problems are discussed in the present-tense, without too much attention on the role of past experiences. Though the titles “counselor” and “advisor” are often used like synonyms, counselors rarely offer advice. Instead, counselors guide clients to discover their own answers and support them through the actions they choose to take. Psychotherapy, like counseling...
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...Psychotherapy Matrix Adriana DeLeon Associate Level Material Appendix C Psychotherapy Matrix Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy. Psychodynamic | Behavioral | Cognitive | Summary of Approach | The form of treatment would be done by a professional therapist. Their job is to help the person get over psychological trauma, resolve the issue, and try to get the person back to normal.(Treatment of psychological, M) | This form of treatment is more of the learning aspect. They want the individual to understand it by themselves and help them to understand the normal and abnormal behaviors.(Treatment of psychological, M) | This form of approach pretty much is trying to have the individual get use to change and handle there dysfunctional cogitations about themselves and the world around them. (Treatment of psychological, M) | Disorders appropriate for this therapy | The use of drugs and medical procedure are used to help cure the person. Psychodynamic- therapy that seeks to bring to light the things that we hide in our unconscious to the conscious state. This is usually brought on by something in their past that they try to hide or forget and have a hard time with it. They person seeks help to understand and get past it.(Treatment of psychological, M) | “Aversive Conditioning- form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired...
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...The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy: An Overview of Chapters 3 and 5 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of Dr. Irvin Yalom’s book (2005), The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Chapters 3 and 5. This overview provides a focus on Yalom’s Group Cohesiveness, and the basic task of group therapists. Therapists have a role and responsibility with developing and maintaining groups. According to Dr. Irvin Yalom’s book (2005) The Theory and Practice of Group Therapy, The basic posture of the therapist to a client must be one of concern, acceptance, genuineness and empathy. They must utilize techniques of creating, maintaining and deter any forces that threaten group cohesiveness. For example, I observed a therapist during one of her group sessions where she discussed the rules of attending the group such as tardiness, disruptive behaviors, respect for others and the use of a cell phone during group meetings. All members were aware of the rules and followed them accordingly. There was a particular time where a group member had her cell phone out playing a game on it. The therapist politely asked the group member to put away her phone as it was disruptive to the other group members. The consumer put her phone down then picked it up again and continued to play games on her phone. The therapist stopped the class and removed the member from the group as she was not focused on the meeting and was disruptive to other members. Yalom (2005)...
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...Depression is a mental health issue that has been around for decades and is still currently one of the leading causes of death among young people. There has been much research done on what could be the most effective treatment for this mental illness. Looking at depression throughout the years, the most effective treatments can be narrowed done to psychotherapy, medication, surgery, self-treatment, and etc. The most prevalent treatment mentioned is psychotherapy, as there are multiple ways to incorporate it. Although there are some negative outlooks of psychotherapy such as societies' negative views, effectiveness and availability. Research has also been done on whether religion or lack thereof can be a co-factor in depression. There are many methods to treating depression, psychotherapy being one of the most effective and efficient known treatment. Over the years, there has been extensive research done to find and understand different treatments for depression, although many have been lost through the ages. There are ways we can try and incorporate aspects of some older treatments into our more newly developed treatments to treat patients more effectively. For example, James Overholser mentions his research of a variety of treatments such as sleep therapy, hydrotherapy, drug treatment, treatment by surgery, etc that were more commonly used near the 1800s (Overholser. J, 2002). The treatments that are provided today are not as effective as doctors would like, and there is still...
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...Introduction The film titled, Interpersonal psychotherapy: A Case of Post-partum Depression was highly interesting (Stuart, 2010). It actually hit home for me. Post-partum Depression is a condition that is faced by several mothers of newborns. It is in my opinion, that Mr. Scott Stuart did a great job utilizing Rebecca’s strengths and support system to alleviate the symptoms of depression she was experiencing. Although the film did not appear to report of all the sessions that were conducted, it served as a great overview of how to conduct sessions using the Interpersonal Therapy Model. Key Points There were a number of key points provided throughout the reading. One area that I focused on included the four areas of change mechanisms. The four areas covered included: “enhancing social support, decreasing interpersonal stress, facilitating emotional processing, and improving interpersonal skills” (Lipsitz & Markowitz, 2013, p.1135). It amazed me to see how Mr. Scott Stuart utilized those change mechanisms to decrease the depressive symptoms that Rebecca was feeling. The way this was done appeared to be very natural. Another key point noted was the defining of the interpersonal problem and the category in which the problem falls. The four categories consist of grief, role transition, role...
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