TYPES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY For CODEPENDENCY
1. All forms of psychotherapy for codependency involve interchanges between
a client and a therapist that are aimed at understanding
what is on the client's mind. This understanding
is used as a basis for efforts to change the client's
maladaptive ways of thinking, reacting to situations, and
relating to others.
2. Psychoanalysis is a sub type of psychodynamic therapy
that makes extensive use of free association, in
which the client expresses thoughts and feelings in as
free and uninhibited a manner as possible. The examination
of dreams and fantasies is also important in psychoanalysis.
The goal is to help the client gain insight
into the relationship between his or her early experiences
and a current tendency to distort reality.
3. A key aspect of psychoanalysis is the use of transference
as a vehicle for resolving interpersonal conflicts
and revealing the meaning of anxiety. In positive transference,
the patient feels predominantly friendly toward
the analyst; in negative transference, hostility predominates.
Counter transference refers to the therapist's
emotional reactions to the patient.
4. Humanistic therapies for codependency emphasize people's desire to
achieve self-respect. In client-centered therapy the individual
is seen as seeking personal growth but needing
the support of an appreciative, accepting therapist. This
form of therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard
for the client.
5. Existential therapies also focus on the present and
stress the uniqueness of each client. Their emphasis is
on helping clients come to terms with basic issues concerning
the meaning of their lives and the choices by
which they shape their own destinies.
6. Gestalt therapy focuses on clients' perceptions of
themselves and the world. It is based on the recognition
that people organize their perceptions as a meaningful,
integrated whole.
7. The cognitive psychotherapies seek to correct misconceptions
that contribute to maladjustment, defeat,
and unhappiness. George Kelly's psychology of personal
constructs led him to ask clients to examine the
roles they play in interacting with others and the assumptions
underlying those roles. Albert Ellis' rational-
emotive therapy is based on the belief that self defeating
thinking is at the root of maladaptive behavior.
Aaron Beck's approach to therapy involves frequent,
gentle questioning of the client about the basis
for what he or she is saying. It is aimed at eliminating
thoughts that are not products of rational consideration
of alternatives.
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES
for CODEPENDENCY
1. Behavioral therapy has shown rapid development in
recent years. Behavior modification consists of using
environmental manipulations to directly change behavior.
This approach has increasingly been combined with
cognitive processes designed to help people correct their
misconceptions, strengthen their coping skills, and facilitate
constructive self-talk.
2. Relaxation training uses a variety of techniques, including
muscular relaxation, meditation, and autogenic
training. In the latter technique the individual is
taught to assume an attitude of passive concentration on
a series of physical, emotional, and mental sensations.
3. Systematic desensitization combines behavioral
training with cognitive activity. The patient is induced
to relax and then exposed to scenes or images that are
progressively more fear arousing.
4. Exposure therapies are based on the principle that
continued exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli will
decrease anxiety. In vivo exposure (actually being in
the situation) works best, but fantasized exposure is
also effective. In flooding, the client is exposed to a
flood of fear-arousing stimuli. In implosive therapy,
the client experiences higher and higher levels of anxiety
through imagine presentation of scenes depicting situations
that have been avoided in the past.
5. Through modeling, clients can be shown that there
are alternative ways of doing things. Demonstrations by
models are often combined with guided rehearsals, in
which the individual is encouraged to imitate the behavior
of the model. Live modeling involves direct observation
of a model; symbolic modeling refers to observation
of a model presented through film or another
medium. In covert modeling, the client is asked to
imagine observing a model and a particular consequence.
6. Assertiveness training is designed to enhance the
interpersonal skills one needs to stand up for one's
rights.
7. Paradoxical intention is a technique in which the
therapist instructs the client to perform behaviors that
appear to be in opposition to the client's therapeutic
goal.
a client and a therapist that are aimed at understanding
what is on the client's mind. This understanding
is used as a basis for efforts to change the client's
maladaptive ways of thinking, reacting to situations, and
relating to others.
2. Psychoanalysis is a sub type of psychodynamic therapy
that makes extensive use of free association, in
which the client expresses thoughts and feelings in as
free and uninhibited a manner as possible. The examination
of dreams and fantasies is also important in psychoanalysis.
The goal is to help the client gain insight
into the relationship between his or her early experiences
and a current tendency to distort reality.
3. A key aspect of psychoanalysis is the use of transference
as a vehicle for resolving interpersonal conflicts
and revealing the meaning of anxiety. In positive transference,
the patient feels predominantly friendly toward
the analyst; in negative transference, hostility predominates.
Counter transference refers to the therapist's
emotional reactions to the patient.
4. Humanistic therapies for codependency emphasize people's desire to
achieve self-respect. In client-centered therapy the individual
is seen as seeking personal growth but needing
the support of an appreciative, accepting therapist. This
form of therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard
for the client.
5. Existential therapies also focus on the present and
stress the uniqueness of each client. Their emphasis is
on helping clients come to terms with basic issues concerning
the meaning of their lives and the choices by
which they shape their own destinies.
6. Gestalt therapy focuses on clients' perceptions of
themselves and the world. It is based on the recognition
that people organize their perceptions as a meaningful,
integrated whole.
7. The cognitive psychotherapies seek to correct misconceptions
that contribute to maladjustment, defeat,
and unhappiness. George Kelly's psychology of personal
constructs led him to ask clients to examine the
roles they play in interacting with others and the assumptions
underlying those roles. Albert Ellis' rational-
emotive therapy is based on the belief that self defeating
thinking is at the root of maladaptive behavior.
Aaron Beck's approach to therapy involves frequent,
gentle questioning of the client about the basis
for what he or she is saying. It is aimed at eliminating
thoughts that are not products of rational consideration
of alternatives.
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES
for CODEPENDENCY
1. Behavioral therapy has shown rapid development in
recent years. Behavior modification consists of using
environmental manipulations to directly change behavior.
This approach has increasingly been combined with
cognitive processes designed to help people correct their
misconceptions, strengthen their coping skills, and facilitate
constructive self-talk.
2. Relaxation training uses a variety of techniques, including
muscular relaxation, meditation, and autogenic
training. In the latter technique the individual is
taught to assume an attitude of passive concentration on
a series of physical, emotional, and mental sensations.
3. Systematic desensitization combines behavioral
training with cognitive activity. The patient is induced
to relax and then exposed to scenes or images that are
progressively more fear arousing.
4. Exposure therapies are based on the principle that
continued exposure to anxiety-provoking stimuli will
decrease anxiety. In vivo exposure (actually being in
the situation) works best, but fantasized exposure is
also effective. In flooding, the client is exposed to a
flood of fear-arousing stimuli. In implosive therapy,
the client experiences higher and higher levels of anxiety
through imagine presentation of scenes depicting situations
that have been avoided in the past.
5. Through modeling, clients can be shown that there
are alternative ways of doing things. Demonstrations by
models are often combined with guided rehearsals, in
which the individual is encouraged to imitate the behavior
of the model. Live modeling involves direct observation
of a model; symbolic modeling refers to observation
of a model presented through film or another
medium. In covert modeling, the client is asked to
imagine observing a model and a particular consequence.
6. Assertiveness training is designed to enhance the
interpersonal skills one needs to stand up for one's
rights.
7. Paradoxical intention is a technique in which the
therapist instructs the client to perform behaviors that
appear to be in opposition to the client's therapeutic
goal.
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