Psychological Models

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Psychological Models
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Psychoneuroimmunology

• The scientific investigation of how the brain
  affects the bodys immune cells and how the
  immune system can be affected by behavior.

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Creating Happiness

• What is one condition that you need to be happy?
• If that condition can never be realized, are you
  willing to be unhappy the rest of your life?
• What sources of happiness already exist in your
  life? List
• In what ways can you enhance these sources as
  well as create more sources of happiness in your
  life?

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Elisabeth Kubler Rosss 5 Stages of Dying

• Shock/Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Reactive
• Preparatory grief
• Acceptance

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Developmental AdaptationsUnhealthy/Healthy Coping

• Level I (common in children 0-5)
• Level II (common in childhood adolescence
• Level III (common in adolescence adults in
  chronic/acute stress)
• Level IV (Healthy adult coping)

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Level IProvides organization and control

• Distortion
• Denial
• Delusional Projection

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Level IISupplies some intimacy

• Acting out
• Passive Aggressive
• Hypochondriasis
• Schizoid Fantasy
• Projection

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Level IIIReduces stress between personal and
social incongruences

• Intellectualization
• Repression
• Displacement
• Reaction Formation
• Dissociation

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Level IVDeals with stress to achieve maximum
functioning

• Altruism
• Humor
• Suppression
• Anticipation
• Sublimation

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Enhance Resiliency

• Resiliency has been defined as the
  psychological and biological strengths to
  successfully master change
• -Richardson, 1990

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An awareness of core values and abilities

• If I were to lose my job tomorrow, what core
  abilities and values do I have to rely on?

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An optimistic personality

• What are the positive outcomes that can result
  from this change?

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Pursuit of a cause or purpose in life

• Do these changes affect my goals and purpose in
  life?

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Good sense of humor

• As I step back from the changes that are taking
  place, what humor can I see in this scenario?

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Belief in a higher power

• How have or could my spiritual beliefs helped to
  put ongoing life changes in perspective?

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See purpose of changes and stressors that occur

• From a different perspective, can I look deeply
  into and describe the purpose of these changes?

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Some people learn from their experience others
never recover. -Harry Woodword
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Transforming Feelings

• Mindfulness Practice
• Become aware of feelings (i.e. mad, sad, glad,
  scared)
• Transform Feelings
• Breathing in I recognize my anger
• Breathing out, I am aware of how angry I am.
• Communicate Congruently
• It is an agreement between what we think, feel
  and say, so that they fit together without
  contradiction. --E. Miller
• What is inside comes outside in a way which is
  respectful of self and others. --V. Satir

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Stress is the difference between what we have
and what we want. -Gary Applegate
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Meeting Your Needs

• Health
• Fun
• Knowledge
• Belonging
• Self Worth
• Security
• Faith
• Growth/Change

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Health

• What positive decisions did you make about your
  health today?

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Fun

• What did you or will you do today to have fun?

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Knowledge

• What will you do to learn something today?
• Do you use your daily and negative events as
  opportunities for growth?

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Belonging

• What do you do to create a supportive network of
  friends and colleagues?
• In what ways might you nurture these
  relationships?

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Self Worth

• What are your plans for achievement each day?
• Do you validate yourself and allow others to
  validate you?

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Security

• How do you define security (possessions or
  skills)?
• Do you find yourself in control of what you do
  and in balance?
• Whos really in charge of you?

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Faith

• Do you believe in yourself and see the positive
  in yourself and others?
• Are you a love finder or a fault finder?

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Growth/Change

• Do you take personal/professional risks?
• Are you open to new learnings and opportunities?