Intro and Ethics
The primary goal of counselling
Facilitate growth
Self-understanding
Positive change
Founder of psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Founder of individual psychology
Alfred Adler
Founder of person-centered therapy
Carl Rogers
Founder of Gestalt therapy
Fritz Perls
The four guiding principles of the Canadian Psychological Association code of ethics
Respect for dignity
Responsible caring
Integrity in relatinoships
Responsibility to society
Three parts of the personality according to Freud
Id, ego, superego
Goal of therapy from an Adlerian perspective
Striving for superiority and overcoming inferiority
Resolving life tasks
Four ultimate concerns of existence according to existential therapy
Death, freedom, isolation, meaninglessness
Definition of "unfinished business"
Unresolved emotions or experiences that interfere with present awareness
Conditions in which conflidentiality may be broken
Risk of harm to self/others
Abuse to a child or vulnerable adult
Court order
Main goal of psychoanalytic therapy
Make the unconscious conscious and gain insight into conflicts and ego defense mechanisms
Definition of social interest
Desire to contribute to and connect with others/community
Definition of incongruence
"Here and now"
Definition of informed consent
Client projects feelings about significant others onto the therapist
Definition of the family constellation
The family structure and perceived roles that shape personality and goals
The three core conditions of the therapeutic relationship according to person-centered therapy
Empathy
Unconditional Positive Regard
Congruence
Therapist's role in Gestalt Therapy
Heighten awareness through experiments and focus on present experience
An ethical challenge that can occur when working in small communities
Dual/multiple relationships
Two common psychoanalytic techniques
Free association
Dream analysis
Interpretation
Analysis of resistance
How early recollections are used in therapy
Earliest remembered events reveal lifestyle themes and private logic
Goal of existential therapy
To help clients live authentically and create meaning in their lives
Example of a technique from Gestalt therapy
Empty chair
Noticing "it talk"
Exaggeration