NR 605 Psychodynamic continuum
Supportive therapy - correct answer ✔is focused on stabilization through
anxiety reduction, defense stabilization, and improved problem solving
Psychoanalysis is - correct answer ✔directed at interpreting unconscious
conflict and gaining insight
Psychoanalysis is commonly used for clients who - correct answer
✔experience anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive
disorders, personality disorders, and sexual dysfunction.
Psychoanalysis contraindications include clients who - correct answer ✔are
note motivated, those who have poor impulse control, who are concrete
thinkers, and those amid a major physical or emotional crisis.
Psychoanalysis in terms of sessions - correct answer ✔More intense
frequency of sessions and intense nature of transference that occurs. Several
sessions per week over several years.
Psychoanalysis therapeutic techniques 6 - correct answer ✔recollection:
reconstructing the memory of past events
repetition: using transference to replay emotions and interactions in a safe
space
Working through: integrating repressed memories into current consciousness
Free association: client talks spontaneously about anything that comes to
mind which allows for thoughts and feelings to surface more easily
transference: client redirects feelings for a significant person in their lives
interpretation: the psychotherapist interprets the client's discussions to identify
unconscious feelings and learn new behavior patterns
Supportive therapy - correct answer ✔is focused on stabilization through
anxiety reduction, defense stabilization, and improved problem solving
Psychoanalysis is - correct answer ✔directed at interpreting unconscious
conflict and gaining insight
Psychoanalysis is commonly used for clients who - correct answer
✔experience anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive
disorders, personality disorders, and sexual dysfunction.
Psychoanalysis contraindications include clients who - correct answer ✔are
note motivated, those who have poor impulse control, who are concrete
thinkers, and those amid a major physical or emotional crisis.
Psychoanalysis in terms of sessions - correct answer ✔More intense
frequency of sessions and intense nature of transference that occurs. Several
sessions per week over several years.
Psychoanalysis therapeutic techniques 6 - correct answer ✔recollection:
reconstructing the memory of past events
repetition: using transference to replay emotions and interactions in a safe
space
Working through: integrating repressed memories into current consciousness
Free association: client talks spontaneously about anything that comes to
mind which allows for thoughts and feelings to surface more easily
transference: client redirects feelings for a significant person in their lives
interpretation: the psychotherapist interprets the client's discussions to identify
unconscious feelings and learn new behavior patterns
