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 Approach |Behavioral Approach |Cognitive Approach | |Summary of |This form of therapy tries to bring unresolved past |This approach assumes that both normal and abnormal |This approach tries to teach people to think in more | |Approach |conflicts from the unconscious to the conscious, where the|behaviors are learned. This form of therapy builds on a |adaptive ways by changing their dysfunctional cognitions | | |patient can deal with the problems.
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that assumes negative behaviors and emotions that are caused by faulty thoughts and thinking patterns (Ford-Martin, 1999). CBT helps clients develop new ways of thinking and behaving. (Galanter ,Keller, & Weinberg, 1997). CBT is used quite often to treat substance abuse issues. The approach focuses on maladaptive behaviors (addictive behaviors) by changing what it perceives to be the root cause of them (faulty thinking).
Sigmund Freud was the first to challenge the view that mental disorders were caused by physical illness and proposed that psychological factors were responsible for the illness. The psychodynamic approach highlights the importance of the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences. Psychodynamic psychologist’s attempt to deal with the mental health issues of their patients by incorporating these ideas and creating therapies using these ideas. The basic concept behind psychoanalysis is that a patient that suffers from mental health problems such as depression can address any regressed feelings thus, the patient gains insight of and can learn to work through their emotional baggage. It is a generalised concept that if the cause of the symptoms were tackled it would only be logical that the symptoms would then cease.
Understand the Principles of Other Therapeutic Models of Counselling 2.1 Explain the key features of two other therapeutic models Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) was pioneered by Aaron Beck in the 1960s, while he was a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania. Becks work was influenced by previous work of psychologists B.F Skinner and J.B Watson and their work around conditioning. Becks approach was based on the ideas that how we think (cognition), how we feel (emotion) and how we act (behaviour) all interact together. Specifically, our thoughts determine our feelings and our behaviour therefore negative and unrealistic thoughts can cause us distress and result in problems. When a person suffers with psychological distress the way in which they interpret situations can become skewed, which in turn has a negative impact on the actions they take.
These biases interrelate and tend to perpetuate someone's depression. He also suggested errors in logic could be a reason for someone to behave abnormally. This concerns the way in which someone sees an event in the past, present or future. Examples of irrational thinking that both Ellis and Beck proposed are catastrophizing (wildly exaggerating the negative aspects of an event), polarized thinking (seeing everything in extreme terms), and overgeneralization (drawing conclusions based on a single event). This approach is supported by Burt et al who asked participants to recall a list of words.
It helped to understand his faulty behaviors and decision making and to hopefully take a step toward the right path of correcting such irrational thought processes. It gives the treatment team the ability to begin to uncover the reasons that are behind the outwardly manifested behaviors. There are previous studies who have analyzed sexual offender behavior using a CBT approach. Using the CBT approach for future treatment with Bradley will enable the treatment team to specifically look into how Bradley feels his risk factors are affecting him. This treatment plan focuses on taking negative thinking patterns and inserting positive thinking patterns in their place.
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 Therapy Approach } |{ Behavioral Therapy Approach } |{ Cognitive Therapy Approach } | |Summary of|Psychodynamic therapy seeks to bring unresolved |Behavioral therapy builds on the basic processes of |Cognitive therapy teaches people | |Approach |past conflicts and unacceptable impulses from the |learning, such as reinforcement and extinction, and |to think in more adaptive ways by changing their | | |unconscious into the conscious, where patients may |assume that normal and abnormal behavior are both |dysfunctional cognitions about the world and | | |deal with the problems more effectively (Feldman, |learned (Feldman, 2010, p. 433). |themselves | | |2010, p. 430).
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. |Cognitive approaches to therapy |Behavioral approaches to therapy |Psychodynamic approaches to therapy | |Summary of |. Beck’s cognitive therapy aims to change people’s |Building on the basic processes of learning, behavioral |Psychodynamic therapy seeks to bring unresolved past | |Approach |illogical thoughts about themselves and the world.
Discuss two psychological therapies of depression. (24 Marks) One psychological therapy of depression in Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy. This therapy was developed by Hobson, and focuses mainly on the relationship between the therapist and patient. When a comfortable relationship is established, past events that could be the cause of depression are relived and resolved to try and relieve the pressures that they may be putting on the individual. Hobson believes that because problems in our life are usually through interpersonal relationships, we should resolve these problems through a therapeutic relationship.
Outline and evaluate psychological therapies for depression? Cognitive-behavioural theories explain depression upon learned irrational and maladaptive thinking. Becks cognitive behavioural therapy works to challenge and alter the irrational thoughts and dysfunctional behaviour that is keeping the depression consistent. The therapist will first need to explore the patient’s background information and identify key irrational thoughts before the therapy can begin. Within the 3-4 months of therapy, it will involve behavioural activation to identify pleasurable activities the patient enjoys and try to make these activities be more consistent in their lives.