Download EPSY 6325 THEORIES OF COUNSELING

EPSY 6325 THEORIES OF COUNSELING
STUDY GUIDE Exam 3: Behavioral; Cognitive Behavioral; Feminist; Solution Brief Therapy
Behavioral
 Pavlov
 Wolpe
 Skinner
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Classical conditioning
Systematic desensitization (define-example)
Learning and behavior change S--->R = B; Operant conditioning
Reinforcement (positive & negative), Extinction, Punishment
Behavior therapy
Goal and characteristics: overt behavior, short, specific goals, active
therapist
Techniques
Systematic desensitization, flooding, aversive counter-conditioning,
contingency contracting (3 steps).
Contributions and limitations.
Cognitive Behavioral
 Ellis REBT: role of cognition and emotions in behavioral therapy; A B C D E F of personality
change; role of therapist
 Beck: automatic thoughts; cognitive structures (self-schemes) and how they relate to specific
disorders (depression, anxiety); confirmatory bias; distortions in processing information
(arbitrary inference, selective abstraction; overgeneralization; magnification; personalization;
polarized thinking); objective and process of therapy.
 Bandura: Social Learning Theory; Reciprocal determinism -- interaction between Stimulus
(E) - Cognition - Response (B).
 Techniques: role play-modeling; role play-behavioral rehearsal; disputing irrational thoughts
(Ellis); collaborative empiricism (Beck); self management programs (5 steps), stress
inoculation training (Michenbaum); skills training (social skills, assertiveness)
Feminist Approach Chapter 12; pp. 361-380
 Role of power and cultural perspectives on individuals’ identity; self-in relation models;
Expanded focus of Feminist approach; applicable to all oppressed groups
 Views of development: androcentric, gendercentric; gender socialization
 Goals of therapy: empowerment, societal change
 Therapy strategies/interventions: egalitarian relationship, therapist self-disclosure; gender role
analyses; power analyses; assertiveness training; bibliotherapy; social action
 Contributions; Limitations
Solution Focused Brief Therapy Chapter 13, pp. 400-408
 Focus: Solutions versus problems; characteristics of useful questions;
 Basic assumptions
 Therapy strategies/interventions: collaborative partnership; pre-therapy change; exception
questions; miracle questions; scaling questions; formula first session task; therapist feedback
(end of session)
 Contributions; Limitations