What is
psychotherapy?
 Psychotherapy is used to treat
mental illnesses. It involves a variety
of different treatment techniques
that will help to identify and work
through
factors
that
may
be
triggering the mental illness.
How does
psychotherapy help?
 Understand the behaviors, emotions
and ideas that contribute to the
mental illness and learning how to
modify them.
 Understand and identify the life
problems or events that contribute to
the illness and help to understand
which aspects of the problem may be
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Involve the whole Family!
Evidence Based Practice:
 Family involvement and education is
imperative for successful
psychotherapy.
 There are several ways to involve family
members such as, support groups and
research websites such as NAMI.
able to be solved or improved upon.
Find the support you need:
 Regain a sense of control and pleasure
in life.
 Learn coping techniques and problem
solving skills
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C R E A T ED B Y :
D. Miller
K. Caster
A. Shutter
Group and Behavior
Therapy Techniques
What is Group Therapy?
Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy where
two or more clients with one or more
therapists/counselors
develop
interactive
relationships and share at least one common goal
or issue. Groups typically meet once or twice a
week for an hour or two. Groups can be open, in
which new participants can join at any time; or
they can be closed, in which only a core group of
members are invited to participate. The specific
manner in which the session is conducted
depends largely on the goals of the group.
NEED TO KNOW: Group Therapy and Behavior Therapy
Group Therapy
Behavior therapy is a form of therapy rooted in
the principles of behaviorism, or the idea that we
learn from our environment. The goal of behavior
therapy is to reinforce desirable behaviors and
eliminate unwanted or maladaptive ones.
Behavior therapy is action based rather than
insight based. Behavioral therapy tends to be
highly focused, because the specific behavior is
the problem. Learned behavior led to the
development of the problem so the idea is that
new learning can fix it. Classical conditioning and
operant conditioning are two basic principles that
contribute to behavior therapy.
What is Behavior Therapy?
1.
Socialization – allows individuals to socially
interact with others going through the same
thing, decreasing feelings of isolation
2.
New Behaviors – a group setting is safe and
supportive, allowing group members to
experiment without fear of failure.
3.
4.
5.
Universality – being part of a group of
people who have the same experiences
helps people see what they are going
through is universal and they are not alone.
Feedback – by interacting with others and
receiving feedback, each individual can gain
a greater understanding of themselves.
Alternative Views – group members are
able to share their strengths and help
others in the group avoid behaviors that are
destructive in real life.
Behavior Therapy
1.
Positive Reinforcement – used to
strengthen desired behaviors through
appraisal or reward for a desired/positive
behavior
2.
Negative Reinforcement – used to decrease
and eliminate undesired behaviors by
ignoring negative behaviors and/or
removing privileges or desired items for
negative behavior
3.
Focuses on changing ineffective behavior
patterns
4.
Focuses on consequences of actions rather
than peer pressure
5.
Common conditions treated with behavior
therapy include: phobias, panic disorders,
and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder