Psychotherapy: 113b - Psychotherapies
This flashcard set introduces dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)—a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy—used effectively in patients with borderline personality disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, and chronic suicidality. It also summarizes Freud’s structural model of the psyche, distinguishing the Id (instincts), Superego (morality), and Ego (reality mediator).
Which kind of therapy focuses on mindfulness practices?
Which patients are most likely to benefit from this kind of therapy?
Dialectical behavior therapy
(A type of cognitive behavior therapy)
Borderline personality
PTSD
Substance abuse
Chronic suicidality
Key Terms
Which kind of therapy focuses on mindfulness practices?
Which patients are most likely to benefit from this kind of therapy?
Dialectical behavior therapy
(A type of cognitive behavior therapy)
According to Freud, what is the difference between the Id, the Superego, and the Ego?
Id
Personal drives; what we WANT to do
Hides in the unconscious
Superego
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Patients with deep, complex cases who want to understand the connections between past and present would most likely benefit from which kind of psychotherapy?
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Believing a person or situation is “all good” or “all bad” describes which primitive defense mechanism?
Splitting
What kind of psychotherapy does this describe?
Based on ideas of classical and operant conditioning, behaviors
Focuses on the “here and now”
Identifies thoughts/triggers in order to extinguish maladaptive behaviors and generate adaptive behaviors
Cognitive behavioral therapy
How does the role of the therapist differ in psychodynamic vs. cognitive behavioral therapy?
Psychodynamic therapist is:
Non-directive, leads unstructured sessions
Facilitates exploration, personal g...
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| Term | Definition |
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Which kind of therapy focuses on mindfulness practices? Which patients are most likely to benefit from this kind of therapy? | Dialectical behavior therapy (A type of cognitive behavior therapy)
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According to Freud, what is the difference between the Id, the Superego, and the Ego? |
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Patients with deep, complex cases who want to understand the connections between past and present would most likely benefit from which kind of psychotherapy? | Psychodynamic psychotherapy |
Believing a person or situation is “all good” or “all bad” describes which primitive defense mechanism? | Splitting |
What kind of psychotherapy does this describe?
| Cognitive behavioral therapy |
How does the role of the therapist differ in psychodynamic vs. cognitive behavioral therapy? |
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What kind of psychotherapy does this describe?
| Psychodynamic therapy Freuidian! Goal to “make the unconscious conscious” |
Patinets who are struggling with grief after losing a loved one or having difficulty adapting after a life-changing event would most likely benefit from which kind of therapy? | Interpersonal therapy |
Which patients would benefit most from desinsitization therapy | Patients with specific phobias |
Jane has a big argument with her manager at work and yells at her children when she comes home Which defense mechanism is this? | Displacement |
Are all defense mechanisms maladaptive? | No
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Patients who are struggling with a specific problem, such as insomnia or somatic symptom disorder, would most likely benefit from which kind of psychotherapy? | Cognitive behaviroal therapy Focus is on changing behavior |
What is transference (as it relates to psychotherapy) | How the patient reacts to the therapist based on pts previous experience |
Which kind of therapy is best for patients in crisis when it isn’t warranted or practical to identify or resolve other symptoms or the root of the problem? | Supportive therapy or crisis therapy |
A department employee who is threatened by their new boss decares that the boss is actually threatened by them What kind of defense mechanism is this? | Projection Attributing one’s own feelings onto someone else |
How does dialectical behavior therapy differ from cognitive behavioral therapy? |
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