Download Shedler's Seven Features of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies: A Comparative Analysis and more Exams Pharmacology in PDF only on Docsity! Psychoanalysis Slides Based on Shedler (2010) What are the seven features of psychoanalytic psychotherapies that distinguish it from other therapies? (just name them) - 1) focus on affect and exploration of emotion 2) Exploration of attempts to avoid 3) Identification of themes and patterns 4) Past experience 5) Focus on interpersonal relations 6) Focus on therapy relationship 7) Exploration of fantasy life feature #1: focus on affect and exploration of emotion - - encourages exploration of the full range of a patient's emotions, including emotions that they have trouble expressing, feelings they may not acknowledge - therapist helps the client describe and put their feelings into words - there is a recognition that emotional insight is not the same as intellectual insight feature #2: Exploration of attempts to avoid distressing thoughts and feelings - - people may avoid distressing thoughts and feelings consciously or unconsciously - therapists help actively focus on and explore avoidances feature #3: Identification of recurring themes and patterns - - patient may or may not be aware of these - explore recurring themes and patterns in patients' thoughts, feelings, self-concept, relationships, and life-experiences feature #4: discussion of past experience (developmental focus) - - recognition that past experience, especially early experiences of attachment figures, affects our relation to, and experience of the present. - looking at the ways that the past "lives on" in the present - goal= to help patients free themselves from the bonds of the past feature #5: focus on interpersonal relations - - heavy emphasis on patient's relationship and interpersonal experience (object relations, attachment) feature #6: focus on the therapy relationship - - to the extent that there are repetitive themes in a person's relationships and manner of interacting, these themes tend to emerge in some form in the therapy relationship - their emergence provides a unique opportunity to explore and rework them! - goal = greater flexibility in interpersonal relationships and an enhanced capacity to meet interpersonal needs feature #7: exploration of fantasy life - psychodynamic therapy encourages patients to speak freely about whatever is on their minds true or false: the goals of psychodynamic therapy include, but are limited to, symptoms remission. (shelder) - false. they extend beyond symptom remission. successful treatment should not only relieve symptoms, but also foster the positive presence of psychological capacities and resources. effect size (shedler) - the difference between treatment and control groups, expressed in standard deviations units, on average. Based on the Shedler article, which (drugs or therapy) had a greater effect size? - therapy!
