Supportive
Name one type of condition where supportive psychotherapy is commonly used.
What is severe mood disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, mood disorders, chronic medical illness?
These are the three items in the cognitive triad.
What are thoughts, behaviors, and emotions or What are negative views on self, world, and future
This is what the IPT therapist uses to explore relationships at the beginning of therapy
What is the interpersonal inventory
This term refers to how people avoid or distort aspects of experience to reduce anxiety/conflict
What are defense mechanisms?
This type of therapy emphasizes patient values as central to behavior change
What is motivational interviewing or ACT?
These are common strategies used in supportive psychotherapy
What is problem-solving, decision-making, encouragement?
These are thought to shape automatic thoughts.
What are core beliefs (schemas)?
This is an acceptable focus area in IPT
What is role transition/role dispute/grief/deficits/grief over lost health self
In contrast to other psychotherapies, the psychodynamic therapist often uses this stance
What is non-disclosing/abstinent/non-directive?
This technique involves explicitly acknowledging the patient's feelings as understandable.
What is validation?
Compared with CBT, supportive therapy does not rely heavily on this.
What is homework?
This is a common therapist error when doing CBT
What is rushing to assign homework, not validating emotions/empathy, rushing to exposure, not setting agenda, not establishing safety or treatment alliance
This is a common way an IPT therapist promotes behavior change
What is assigning interpersonal experiments/homework? OR - by using affect
Daily Double!
Read vignette and answer the question
In one session, the therapist spins the patients chair, in another, the patient breathes rapidly into a paper bag. The therapist is most likely using ___ to treat ____.
What is interoceptive exposure to treat panic disorder?
Compared with psychodynamic, supportive therapy does not rely on these.
What is transference or interpretations? (or unconscious)
This is a common technique used in CBT but not in less behaviorally oriented psychotherapies
What is agenda setting, cognitive restructuring, exposure, SUDS, downward arrow, metacognitive belief restructuring
This is how an IPT therapist begins a "middle" session
What is "how have things been since we last met"
The relationship in psychodynamic therapy is the path to what for the patient
What is the unconscious and what is the patient's characteristic relational patterns (object relations)?
This is an evidenced-based treatment for borderline personality disorder.
What is DBT/GPM/MBT/TFP/IPT/CBT
This may be a sign you are colluding with a patient's avoidance in supportive psychotherapy.
What is superficial discussion, lack of progress on goals, no affective depth, boredom
Daily Double!
Read vignette and answer the question
This is a common mistake when using the role dispute focus area with a patient
What is not preparing to bring other person to session or working on the relationship in session but not between
These characteristics may indicate psychodynamic therapy is suitable for a patient
What is ego-strength/insight/adequate reality testing/self-reflection/mentalization/able to form a stable relationship/affect tolerance
This is the most important skill or element in psychotherapy
What is developing the therapeutic relationship?