Exploring Therapeutic Techniques in Psychology

1. Psychology Chapter 19 Methods of Therapy R. M. Tolles

2. Unit 13:Treatment of Psychological Disorders

3. Unit Overview • The Psychological Therapies • Evaluating Psychotherapies • The Biomedical Therapies • Preventing Psychological Disorders Click on the any of the above hyperlinks to go to that section in the presentation.

4. Introduction • History of treatment • Philippe Pinel • Dorothea Dix • Psychotherapy • Eclectic approach

5. The Psychological Therapies

6. Psychoanalysis • Psychoanalysis • Aims of therapy • Childhood impulses and conflicts

7. PsychoanalysisMethods • Methods • Free association • Resistance • Interpretation of the meaning • Dream analysis • Transference

8. PsychoanalysisPsychodynamic Therapy • Psychodynamic therapy • Aims of psychodynamic therapy • Similarities with psychoanalysis • Differences with psychoanalysis

9. Humanistic Therapies • Insight therapies focus more on: • the present rather than the past • conscious rather than the unconscious • taking immediate responsibility • promoting growth instead of curing

10. Humanistic Therapies • Client-centered therapy • Nondirective therapy • Genuineness, acceptance, and empathy • Active listening • Paraphrase • Invite clarification • Reflect feelings • Unconditional positive regard

11. Behavior Therapies • Behavior Therapy • Classical conditioning techniques • Operant conditioning techniques

12. Behavior TherapiesClassical Conditioning Therapies • Counterconditioning • Exposure therapies • Systematic desensitization • Virtual reality exposure therapy • Aversive conditioning

13. Behavior TherapiesAversion Therapy

14. Behavior TherapiesAversion Therapy

15. Behavior TherapiesAversion Therapy

16. Behavior TherapiesOperant Conditioning • Behavior modification • Token economy

17. Cognitive Therapies • Cognitive therapy • Beck’s therapy for depression • Catastrophizing beliefs • Cognitive- behavioral therapy

18. Cognitive Therapies

19. Cognitive Therapies

20. Cognitive Therapies

21. Cognitive Therapies

22. Cognitive Therapies

23. Cognitive Therapies

24. Group and Family Therapies • Group therapy • Family therapy

25. Comparison of Psychotherapies

26. Comparison of Psychotherapies

27. Comparison of Psychotherapies

28. Comparison of Psychotherapies

29. Comparison of Psychotherapies

30. Comparison of Psychotherapies

31. Evaluating Psychotherapies

32. Is Psychotherapy Effective? • Regression toward the mean • Client’s perceptions • Clinician’s perceptions • Outcome research • Meta-analysis • Placebo treatments

33. The Relative Effectiveness of Different Therapies • Evidence-based practice

34. Evaluating Alternative Therapies • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) • Light exposure therapy • Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

35. Commonalities Among Psychotherapies • Hope for demoralized people • A new perspective • An empathic, trusting, caring relationship

36. Culture and Values in Psychotherapy • Similarities between cultures • Differences between cultures

37. Types of Therapists

38. Types of Therapists

39. Types of Therapists

40. Types of Therapists

41. Types of Therapists

42. The Biomedical Therapies

43. Introduction • Biomedical therapy • Drugs • Electroconvulsive therapy • Magnetic impulses • Psychosurgery • Psychiatrist

44. Drug Therapies • Psychopharmacology • Factors to consider with drug therapy • Normal recovery rate of untreated patients • Placebo effect • Double blind procedure

45. Drug Therapies

46. Drug Therapies

47. Drug Therapies

48. Drug Therapies

49. Drug TherapiesAntipsychotic Drugs • Antipsychotic drugs • Psychoses • Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) • Dopamine • Tardive dyskinesia • Atypical antipsychotics (Clozaril) • Positive and negative symptoms • xxx • xxx

50. Drug TherapiesAntianxiety Drugs • Antianxiety drugs • Xanax, Ativan, D-cycloserine • Physiological dependence