LCDC Exam question n answers 2023
Psychoanalytic Theory
Freud
Focus: Resolving unconscious conflicts from past
View: Behavior is determined by irrational forces, unconscious motivation, & biological and instinctive drives
Mind made up of 3 forces: Id, Ego, Superego
Goal: To bring material f...
LCDC Exam question n answers 2023
Psychoanalytic Theory
Freud
Focus: Resolving unconscious conflicts from past
View: Behavior is determined by irrational forces, unconscious motivation, & biological
and instinctive drives
Mind made up of 3 forces: Id, Ego, Superego
Goal: To bring material from the unconscious mind to the conscious awareness so that
one can change
To work through unresolved issues from various psychosexual stages of developement
Id
Freud
Primitive, unconscious part of the personality
Child all Id at birth
Operates on pleasure principle
Gain pleasure, avoid pain
Ego
Freud
Conscious, realistic, logical part of personality
Operates on reality principle
Goal is to take care of Id impulses without harming superego
Superego
Freud
Conscience
Moral Code
Aware of right and wrong
Judicial part of personality
Moral standards
Denial
Freud
Pretending that something that is true is not true
Repression
Freud
Involuntary removal of threatening thoughts, experiences and feelings from our
consciousness
Memories from first 5 years repressed
Projection
Freud
Attributing to another what you are actually experiencing
Allows one to avoid dealing with his/her own experiences
Rationalizing
Freud
Making excuses for unacceptable behavior
Allows one to avoid the pain of the behavior
,Minimizing
Freud
The unconscious process of making problems seem less severe than they actually are
Compensation
Freud
Developing positive traits to unconsciously mask weaknesses and mistakes
Interpretations
Freud
The therapist acts as an expert in interpreting the meaning of the patient's concerns and
the meaning of unconscious material
Free association
Freud
State aloud the first word that come to mind
Therapist sits behind patient
Material comes from unconscious mind
Dream interpretation
Freud
Analyst listens to dreams and believes that a great deal of unconscious material can be
uncovered in dreams
Transference
Freud
Patient unconsciously responds to analyst as if they were a significant other from their
past, often a parent
Corrective parental experience
Beware of countertransference
Psychoanalytic view of alcholism
Freud
Oral stage of development
Birth to 18 mo
Persons who did not have oral needs met experience frustration and and anticipate
disappointment, have a pessimistic view of life
Ineffective and destructive attempt at resolving conflict from oral period
Act of drinking symbolic of returning to mother's breast
Addiction counseling and Psychoanalysis
Focus on denial and defense mechanisms
Client may not be ready for deep insight until period of abstinence
Focus on rapport building
Adlerian Therapy
Alfred Adler
Focus: Helping clients see how issues from past continue to influence them
Insight oriented therapy
View: What an individual becomes in life influenced by first 6 years of life
Sibling order plays important role - May lead to feelings of inferiority
,Goal: Correct faulty assumptions and mistaken goals
Move past feelings of inferiority
Five life tasks:
Relating to others (friendship)
Making a contribution (work)
Achieving intimacy (love and family
relationships)
Getting along with ourselves (self acceptance)
Developing our spiritual dimension
(Connectedness, Relationship with the universe)
Techniques of Adlerian therapy
Build relationships to establish egalitarian relationships & to work on goals
Explore mistakes goals and faulty assumptions
Help clients develop their social interests and goals
Do a comprehensive assessment of client's function
Explore sibling order and impact on behavior
Helps clients achieve the five life tasks
Existenital Therapy
Viktor Frankl & Rollo May
Focus: Assist clients to see that they are unrestricted, Become aware of possibilities,
Help them recognize that they are responsible for events in their life, Assist them in
identifying things that restrict ability to choose
Techniques: Focuses on understanding first and technique second
Counselor can borrow techniques from other approaches
Application: Clients dealing with developmental crisis or life transition, dealing with
freedom with making choices and freedom, guilt and anxiety, realizing values, trying to
make sense of life
Existential therapy and Addiction counseling
Not ideally suited for first stages of recovery
Better suited for middle and late-stage recovery
Assists in dealing with life issues related to being alone, relationships with others,
freedom to make choices
Gestalt Therapy
Fritz Perls
Focus: Experiential therapy geared towards helping clients gain awareness of what they
are experiencing and doing in the here and now
Goal: Helping client deal with unfinished business from the past in the here and now
, Techniques: Unfinished business persists until it is dealt with
The empty chair
Letter writing
Role playing
Psychodrama
Re-enactments
Gestalt therapy and addiction counseling
Unfinished business cause of relapse
Counselor helps client deal with powerful emotions connected to past
Person-Centered Therapy
Carl Rogers
Focus: The here and now
View: People are trustworthy, resourceful and capable of resolving their own problems
Three characteristics of counselor: Unconditional positive regard, Genuineness,
Accurate empathy
Goals: Client-directed therapy, "Staying where the client is," Non-directive
To provide a climate that will enable clients to reach their own conclusions, develop
congruence, change and grow
Techniques: Use of personal characteristics (genuineness, empathy, unconditional
positive regard, and a relationship of equals), Ask open ended questions and use
attending skills to build rapport
Person-Centered Therapy & Addiction Counseling
Building rapport and strong therapeutic relationship
Empathy, Genuineness, Caring, Acceptance
Asking open ended questions
Reality Therapy
William Glasser
Focus: Helping clients change in the here and now
View: Human beings have 2 basic needs: To love and be loved by others, To feel
worthwhile to self and others
If these needs are not met, they will exhibit symptoms (Delinquency, Crime, Violence,
Drug Abuse)
Reality Therapy Techniques
Challenge inappropriate behavior
Therapist does not accept excuses
Therapist focuses on what client does instead of why
Natural consequences instead of punishment
Emphasize Responsibility
Focus on strengths
Actively discuss current behavior
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