Chapter 3 Psychosocial Theories and Therapy
Transcript of Chapter 3 Psychosocial Theories and Therapy
Chapter 3 Psychosocial Theories and
Therapy
Chapter 3 Psychosocial Theories and
Therapy
Psychoanalytic Theories (cont’d)Psychoanalytic Theories (cont’d)• All human behavior is caused and can be
explained
• Personality components conceptualized as id, ego, and superego
• Behavior motivated by subconscious thoughts and feelings; treatment involving analysis of dreams and free association
• Ego defense mechanisms
• Psychosexual stages of development
• Transference and countertransference
Psychoanalytic Theories (cont’d)Psychoanalytic Theories (cont’d)
Psychoanalysis focuses on discovering the causes of the client’s unconscious and repressed thoughts, feelings, and conflicts believed to cause anxiety and helping the client to gain insight into and resolve these conflicts and anxieties.
Psychoanalysis is lengthy, expensive, and practiced on a limited basis today; however, Freud’s defense mechanisms remain current.
Psychoanalytic TheoriesPsychoanalytic TheoriesPioneered by Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) in Vienna
Developmental TheoriesDevelopmental Theories
Erik Erikson (1902–1994)
Human personality in principle develops according to steps predetermined in the growing person's readiness to be driven toward, to be aware of and to interact with a widening social radius
Described eight stages of psychosocial developmentDescribed eight stages of psychosocial development• Trust vs. Mistrust
• Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt
• Initiative vs. Guilt
• Industry vs. Inferiority
• Identity vs. Role Confusion
• Intimacy vs. Isolation
• Generativity vs. Stagnation
• Integrity vs. Despair.
Jean Piaget (1896–1980) Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
Described cognitive and intellectual development in children in four stages:
• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete operations
• Formal operations
Interpersonal TheoriesInterpersonal TheoriesHarry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949)
Harry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949) Harry Stack Sullivan (1892–1949)
•Established five life stages of personality development that included the significance of interpersonal relationships
•Described three developmental cognitive modes: prototaxic, parataxic, syntaxic
•Believed that unsatisfying relationships were the basis for all emotional problems
•Described the concept of therapeutic milieu or community
Interpersonal Theories (cont’d)Interpersonal Theories (cont’d)
Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999)
Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999)Hildegard Peplau (1909–1999)
•Leading nursing theorist and clinician: developed the nurse–patient relationship with phases and tasks
•Identified roles of the nurse: stranger, resource person, teacher, leader, surrogate, counselor
•Described four levels of anxiety (mild, moderate, severe, panic) still widely used today
Humanistic TheoriesHumanistic Theories
Abraham Maslow (1921–1970)
•Hierarchy of needs
Carl Rogers (1902–1987)Carl Rogers (1902–1987)
Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience. No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience. It is to experience that I must return again and again, to discover a closer approximation to truth as it is in the process of becoming in me.
Client-centered therapy
Behavioral TheoriesBehavioral Theories
• Behaviorism focuses on behaviors and behavior changes rather than on explaining how the mind works
• All behavior is learned
• Behavior has consequences (reward or punishment)
• Rewarded behavior tends to recur
B. F. Skinner (1904–1990)
• Positive reinforcement increases the frequency of behavior
• Removal of negative
reinforcers increases the frequency of behavior
Behavioral Theories (cont’d)Behavioral Theories (cont’d)
• Continuous reinforcement is the fastest way to increase behavior; random intermittent reinforcement increases behavior more slowly but with longer-lasting effect
• Treatment modalities based on behaviorism include behavior modification, token economy, and systematic desensitization
Existential TheoriesExistential Theories
Cognitive therapy
focuses on immediate thought
processing and is used by
most existential therapists
Albert Ellis Albert Ellis
• Rational emotive therapy: people make themselves unhappy through “irrational beliefs and automatic thinking”—the basis for the technique of changing or stopping thoughts
Viktor FranklViktor Frankl• Logotherapy: life must have
meaning and therapy is the search for that meaning
• "Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."
Existential theoristsExistential theorists
Believe that deviations occur when the
person is out of touch with self or environment;
thus, the goal of therapy is to return the
person to an authentic sense of self
Existential Theories (cont’d)Existential Theories (cont’d)
Frederick “Fritz” Perls
Gestalt therapy
emphasizes self-awareness
and identifying thoughts
and feelings in the here
and now
William GlasserWilliam Glasser
• Reality therapy
focuses on the person’s
behavior and how that
behavior keeps the person
from achieving life goals
Crisis InterventionCrisis Intervention• Four stages of crisis:
– Exposure to stressor
– Increased anxiety when customary coping is ineffective
– Increased efforts to cope
– Disequilibrium and significant distress
Types of crisesTypes of crises
– Maturational
– Situational
– Adventitious
Crisis Intervention (cont’d)Crisis Intervention (cont’d)
Crisis state lasts 4–6 weeks.
Outcome is either return to previous functioning level, improved coping, or decreased coping.
Crisis intervention techniques are authoritative and facilitative. A balance of both types is most effective.
Treatment Modalities Treatment Modalities
Community (outpatient) mental health treatment
• The client can often continue to work and can stay connected with family, friends, and other support systems while participating in therapy
• Personality or behavior patterns gradually develop over the course of a lifetime and cannot be changed in a relatively short inpatient course of treatment
Treatment Modalities (cont’d)Treatment Modalities (cont’d)
Hospital (inpatient) treatment
•Severely depressed and suicidal
•Severely psychotic
•Experiencing alcohol or drug withdrawal
•Exhibiting behaviors that require close supervision in a safe, supportive environment
Treatment Modalities (cont’d)Treatment Modalities (cont’d)
Individual psychotherapy
•A method of bringing about change in a person by exploring his or her feelings, attitudes, thinking, and behavior
•It involves a one-to-one relationship between the therapist and the client
•The therapist’s theoretical beliefs strongly influence his or her style of therapy
Treatment Modalities (cont’d)Treatment Modalities (cont’d)
• Psychotherapy groups
• Family therapy
• Family education
• Education groups
• Support groups
• Self-help groups
Group therapy involves a therapist or leader and a group of clients sharing a common purpose; members contribute to the group and expect to benefit from it.
Types of groups include:
Group Therapy (cont’d)Group Therapy (cont’d)
•Stages of group development
– Pregroup stage
– Initial stage
– Working stage
– Termination stage
Group Therapy (cont’d)Group Therapy (cont’d)
•Group leadership
– Therapy groups and education groups: formal leader
– Support groups and self-help groups: no formal leader
Effective group leaders focus on group process as well as group content
• Opinion-seeker
• Information-seeker
• Information-giver
• Energizer
Growth producing roleGrowth producing role
• Coordinator• Encourager• Harmonizer• Elaborator
Growth-inhibiting rolesGrowth-inhibiting roles
• Monopolizer
• Aggressor,
• Dominator
• Critic
• Recognition-seeker
• Passive follower
Group Therapy (cont’d)Group Therapy (cont’d)
The therapeutic results of group therapy (Yalom, 1995) include the following:
• Gaining new information or learning
• Gaining inspiration or hope
• Interacting with others
• Feeling acceptance and belonging
• Becoming aware that one is not alone and that others share the same problems
• Gaining insight into one’s problems and behaviors and how they affect others
• Giving of oneself for the benefit of others (altruism)
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Involves providing services to clients with persistent and severe mental illness in the community
May involve medication management, transportation, shopping, food preparation, hygiene, finances, social support, vocational referral
Psychosocial InterventionsPsychosocial Interventions
Psychosocial interventions are nursing activities that enhance the client’s social and psychological functioning and promote social skills, interpersonal relationships, and communication.
These interventions are used in mental health and other practice areas.
Self-Awareness IssuesSelf-Awareness Issues
•No one theory or treatment approach is effective for all clients.
•Using a variety of psychosocial approaches increases nurse effectiveness.
•The client’s feelings and perceptions are most influential in determining his or her response.