Multimodal Therapy
ARNOLD LAZARUS
Connection to Social Work
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Evidence-based
Assumes “parity”
Avoids diagnostic labels
Acknowledges multiple dimensions
Acknowledge interactions among
dimensions
MMT’s Assumption about People
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People:
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Move
Feel
Sense
Imagine
Think
Relate interpersonally
Personality and MMT
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Personalities are products of
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Behaviors
Affective processes
Sensations
Images
Cognitions
Interpersonal relationships
Biological functions
For ease of memory & euphony
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Behaviors
Affective processes
Sensations
Images
Cognitions
Interpersonal relationships
Drugs & other biological functions
Further Assumptions
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Thorough, detailed assessment is
essential to effective treatment.
An assessment schema should be:
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Easy to remember
Easy to use
Point the way to effective interventions
More Assumptions
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The BASIC ID schema meets the criteria
for a good schema
Systematically addressing each of the 7
modalities is comprehensive
Addressing problems in the 7 modalities
will lead to progress
Theoretical Background
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Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social learning theory
Cognitive theory
MMT and the Unconscious
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The “unconscious” as an entity is iffy.
People have different degrees of selfawareness.
Unrecognized stimuli can influence
thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Basic Concepts
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Classical and operant conditioning
Modeling and vicarious processes
Private events
Nonconscious processes
Defensive reactions
Communication
Metacommunication
Functional Analysis
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Identify
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Antecedent stimuli
Organismic (mediating) variables
Response (observable) variables
Consequences
Second-order BASIC IDs
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The BASIC ID analysis can be applied to
any problem identified on the first BASIC
ID analysis.
Using BASIC ID
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Identify issues across BASIC ID
Note the primary modality
Build from the primary modality
Note the modality firing order
Use techniques appropriate to each
modality