- Psychodynamic
Perspective
- Internal discussion
on how one should behave
- Freud’s Model
- Id, ego,
superego
- Conscious,
preconscious, unconscious
- Psychosexual
Stages
- Oral
- Anal
- Phallic
- Latency
- Genital
- Neo-Analytic
Perspectives
- Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages
- Object Relations
Theory
- Self-psychology
- Treatment – Insight
oriented
- Evaluation
- Therapists have to
infer a lot
- After-the-fact
explanations; few testable predictions
- One treatment for
all disorders
- Behavioral
Perspective
- Limited to
observable events
- Classical
conditioning
- Operant
conditioning
- Treatment
- Systematic
desensitization
- Aversive
conditioning
- Contingency
management
- Evaluation
- Overemphasis on
learning; excluded genetics
- Excluded thought
processes
- Humanistic &
Existential Perspectives
- Humanistic
Perspective
- Rogers’ View
- Client-centered
therapy
- Unconditional
positive regard
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Existential
Perspective
- Find your own
meaning in life
- Everything shapes
your life; take as much responsibility as you can.
- Treatment
- A nurturing
environment in therapy is key
- Accept
responsibility for your life
- Evaluation
- It’s about the
individual; not one-size-fits-all
- Anti-DSM