Psychotherapeutic Interventions

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Psychotherapeutic Interventions
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Biology-Based Treatments

• Psychosurgery
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
• Psychopharmacology

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Psychopharmacology

• Antianxiety benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium,
  Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax)
• Antidepressant MAOIs, Tricyclics, SSRIs (e.g.,
  Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft)
• Antipsychotic phenothiazines (major
  tranquilizers, e.g., Thorazine)
• Antimanic Lithium anticonvulsants
• Stimulants Ritalin

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Psychotherapy

• Psychoanalysis
• Psychodynamic therapy
• Existential analysis
• Person-centered therapy
• Gestalt therapy
• Behavioral interventions
• Cognitive therapy
• Integrated interventions

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Psychoanalysis

• Free association and dream analysis
• Analysis of resistance
• Transference and counter-transference
• Interpretation and insight

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Psychodynamic Therapy

• Object relations early relations with
  significant others influence patterns of living
  (Kohut, Kernberg)
• Interpersonal psychotherapy primary social
  relationships are important in psychological
  development more focus on present relations
  (Horney, Sullivan)
• See Table 2.3 (p. 48)

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Humanistic-Existential Therapies

• Existential analysis
• Person-centered therapy (Carl Rogers)
• - unconditional positive regard
• Gestalt therapy (Fritz Perls)
• - whole experience in the
• here now

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Behavioral Interventions

• Classical conditioning techniques
• 1) systematic desensitization
• 2) flooding and implosion
• 3) aversive conditioning, covert
  sensitization
• Operant conditioning techniques
• 1) token economies (reinforcement)
• 2) punishment (e.g., Lovaas, p. 563)
• Observational learning (modeling)

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Cognitive Therapy

• Rational Emotive Therapy (Ellis)
• A-B-C-D cognitive restructuring
• Cognitive Therapy (Beck)
• 1) Identify automatic thoughts (ATs)
• and images
• 2) Identify emotions (monitor changes)
• 3) Evaluate and respond to ATs
• 4) Homework

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Integrated Interventions

• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Mindfulness-based therapies
• Pastoral counseling
• Motivational interviewing