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Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*What is the basis?* - ✔✔It is holistic in nature and we are all striving towards superiority and
perfection, must learn how to deal with feelings of inferiority.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*What is the method of counseling?* - ✔✔A method of counseling, which is also called individual
Psychology, where all behavior is believed to be purposive and goal directed
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*What is Fictional Finalism?* - ✔✔A component of Adlerian therapy is an imagined central goal that
gives a client purpose and guides his or her behavior.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*Phenomenology*. - ✔✔To use Adlerian therapy effectively, an addiction counselor or other helping
professional must attempt to view the world from the perspective of the client through a process called
*phenomenology.*
ln other words, the client can only be understood in terms of his or her family, social and cultural
contexts, perceptions and private loqic.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*Private Logic* - ✔✔*Private logic* is reality as we perceive it; it is subjective, and the behavior that
results from it can change if the client's perceptions change.
,Addiction counselors and other helping professionals must recognize the client's perspective and work
to create change within it.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*Lifestyle* - ✔✔A component of Adlerian therapy that refers to the client's chosen method of moving
through life.
Adlerian Psychology (Therapy)
*Social Interest* - ✔✔A component of Adlerian therapy that is an awareness of being a part 0f the
human community and how one interacts with the social world.
Behavior Therapy
*What is the basis?* - ✔✔A method of therapy that focuses on modifying the client's learned behaviors
that are negatively affecting their lives.
Behavior Therapy
*What is classical conditioning?* - ✔✔*Think Pavlov's dog*, where a particular response to a stimuli can
be elicited over time by association with another related stimuli, like ringing of the bell when food is
given to the dog.
Behavior Therapy
*Operant Conditioning* - ✔✔Think BF Skinner and his little girl, where behavior is reinforced and
learned based on the consequences of the behavior.
Behavior Therapy
*Social Learning Approach* - ✔✔Think the post toasties cereal joke - A method of behavior therapy
developed by Albert Bandura where *behavior is learned by observing the consequences of someone
else's experience.*
Behavior Therapy
*How is it applied?* - ✔✔Tokens for sobriety i.e. AA Chips
, Cue Exposure Treatment
Aversion Therapy i.e. Antabuse - Schick Shadel
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
*What is the basis?* - ✔✔An method of counseling that focuses on simultaneously learning new
behaviors and restructuring automatic thoughts,.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
*Where it does not work well* - ✔✔For the client who is unwilling to be engaged in therapy and do the
homework.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
*History and Original Intent* - ✔✔Modified form of CBT originally designed to treat suicide patients
who meet the diagnosis for *borderline personality disorder*.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
*What else is DBT used for?* - ✔✔Shown empirically to be useful for substance dependence,
depression, post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
*Main Principal* - ✔✔*Mindfulness* - Essential and core skill
*Interpersonal Effectiveness* - Similar to assertiveness training
*Distress Tolerance* - This involves accepting, finding meaning for, and tolerating distress
*Emotional Regulation* - Learning to regulate emotions
Family Systems Counseling
*Six Basic Family Roles* - ✔✔*Substance Abuser*
*Enabler*
*Hero*
*Scapegoat*