Transcript Methods of Therapy - Austin Community College

Methods of Therapy
Overview of the history and methods
of therapy.
Psychotherapy
History of treatment of psychological disorders
Methods of therapy
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Methods of Therapy
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“The only difference between me and
someone who is mad, is that I am not mad!”
Salvador Dali
Radio Lab (www.wnyc.org)
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Season Three: “Placebo”
Learning Objectives:
 History (eras) of Therapy
 Types of Therapies
Psychotherapy
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Psychotherapy defined
Four parts of Psychotherapy
History of Therapies
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Asylums
Bedlam
La
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Bicetre
Mental hospitals
Community mental health centers
Psychodynamic Therapy
Sigmund Freud
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Free Association
Catharsis (Abreaction)
Humanistic Therapy
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Person Centered Therapies
 Carl
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Rogers
Transactional Analysis
 Thomas
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Harris - “I’m OK”
Gestalt Therapy
 Fritz
Perls
Cognitive Therapy
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Rational-emotive therapy
 Albert
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Ellis
Four cognitive errors
 compare
to Critical Thinking
principles.
Behavior Therapy
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Behavior Modification
Various Methods
Group Therapy
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Encounter Groups
Couple Therapy
Family Therapy
Methods of Therapy
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The common thread:
Freud
Does Psychotherapy work?
Biological Therapies
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Drug Therapies
 Antianxiety
(benzodiazapines)
 Antipsychotic (major tranquilizers)
 Antidepressants (MAOI / SSRI)
 Lithium
Biological Therapies
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Drug Therapies
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
 old
version
 new and improved ?!?!
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Psychosurgery
Prefrontal Lobotomy