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Therapy Modalities Chart
AP Psychology
Directions: Write a “file note” (summaries of diseases and treatments) for a patient that
you create under each kind of therapy. You may use a separate piece of paper if you feel
cramped on space. The file note should reflect information you understood from the
chart. Here’s an example using the first modality, “Biomedical.” Phrases in parenthesis
are to show you how the file note connects to the information found in the chart:
1/3/2012: Gus Hefstason’s biomedical treatment for Generalized Anxiety (used to treat) continued
with an attempt to alleviate (goal) the insomnia resulting from this disorder. I prescribed him a
strong sleeping aid that is melatonin-based (major technique). This will trigger glands (illness
assumption that the disorder is brain-based) in the brain causing him to sleep more deeply.
Modality: Biomedical
Illness Assumption
Major Goal(s)
Major Techniques
Used to Treat
 Organic/physical  Fix/repair
 Drug treatments
 Anxiety
causes
problem
 Psychosurgery
disorders
 Genetic defects
 Alleviate
(lobotomy, sever  Mood/Affective
or abnormalities
symptoms
corpus callosum,
disorders
 Brain structural
etc.)
 Psychotic
abnormalities
 ECT
disorders
 Chemical
 Any symptoms
imbalances in
presumed to
brain
have an organic
 Brain injury or
cause
trauma
 Hormonal
causes
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Modality: Psychodynamic
Illness Assumption
Major Goal(s)
 Present illness
 Insight/Awareness
has roots in past
 Early childhood
relationships
 Past trauma
 Unresolved
unconscious
Major Techniques
 Free association
 Resistance
 Transference
 Role play
 Dream analysis
 Projective
techniques
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Used to Treat
Anxiety
disorders
Mood/Affective
disorders
Sexual issues
Abuse issues
Relational issues
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conflicts
Heavy reliance
on defense
mechanisms
Early loss
(TAT, art,
Sentence
completion)
Rorschach
Hypnosis
“Talk” therapy
Dissociative
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Identity
Disorder (DID)
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 Any symptoms
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presumed to
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have past or
unconscious
origins
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Modality: Cognitive
Illness Assumption
Major Goal(s)
Major Techniques
Used to Treat
 Irrational/unrealistic  Recognize and
 Challenge
 Anxiety
thinking
change
(REBT)
disorders
 Faulty/debilitative
maladaptive
 Cognitive
 Mood/Affective
beliefs
thought
restructuring
disorders
 Negative “self-talk”
patterns or
 Homework
 Personality
 Faulty attributional
beliefs
 Assertiveness
disorders
styles (e.g.,
 Self-help
training
 Relational
pessimism)
(books)
issues
 Locus of control
 Drug/alcohol
 Individual
issues
perception and
 Esteem issues
interpretation of
 Sexual issues
events
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Modality: Behavioral
Illness Assumption
 Faulty or no
learning
 “Bad” habits
 Associations
(positive and
negative)
 Rewards and
punishments
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Major Goal(s)
Relearn positive
responses
Unlearn
negative
responses
Reconditioning
at all levels
Selfmanagement
Major Techniques
 Numerous
techniques based
on classical and
operant
conditioning
models (e.g.,
aversive,
systematic
desensitization,
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Used to Treat
Anxiety
disorders
(particularly
effective on
phobias)
Mood/Affective
disorders
Shyness
(avoidance
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behaviors)
 Schizophrenia
 Drug/alcohol
issues
 Sexual issues
 Smoking/weight
loss
 Any behavior
that is clearly
identifiable and
judged to be
maladaptive
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Eliminate
unwanted
behavior and
reinforce
desirable
behavior
Modality: Humanistic/Existential
Illness Assumption
Major Goal(s)
 Loss of self Cultivate selfesteem
esteem and
 Lack of
acceptance
unconditional
 Live
acceptance (of
authentically or
self and from
congruently (re:
others)
real vs. ideal
 Living an
self)
inauthentic life
 Seek out and
 Poor choices
create meaning
 Loss of meaning
 Live life to the
(re: life)
fullest
 Anxiety about
 Selfdeath and
actualization
meaninglessness
token
economies)
Major Techniques
Used to Treat
Attentive
 Life crises
listening
 Mood issues
 Promote
 Personal growth
empathy,
 Relational issues
genuineness and  Any behaviors
acceptance
or moods
 Reality therapy
presumed to
 Affirmation or
stem from lack
Validation
of acceptance
 Empty-chair
and/or loss of
technique
meaning
 Client-centered
or personcentered therapy
 Encounter
groups
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