MODELS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

WHY WE NEED MODELS?WHAT ARE THE VALUE OF THIS MODEL?

HOW CAN WE USE THIS MODELS?

F. A. Q.

Organized their thinking about behavior Guide their clinical decisions and

interventions Communicate in a common language,

systematic language with their colleagues.

VALUE OF MODELS

Strength The model is our language The model help in analyzing the root problem We will know the different points of view, to

give us a more accurate, systematic, and precise study

Weakness Promotes a fossilized rather than organized approach Blinds the clinician’s functioning to a level of

OBJECTIVE EVALUATION It strict us in empirical evidence that may overlooked

others theories that can help us in clinical reports/diagnosis/ assessment

Cautions About Models

To Survive the world…. It is not always DO what you

LOVE… sometimes…. We need to LOVE what we DO

>>> bernard mabanto

19th -20th century writings of SIGMUND FREUD

It was broadened to include the ideas of those who revised it and challenge Freud’s Concept.

PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL

HUMAN BEHAVIOR Impulses, Desires, Motives and conflicts that are

intrapsychic and unconscious Intrapsychic Factors

Conflicts with in (mind)FOUNDATION OF BEHAVIOR STARTS IN

CHILDHOOD Focuses on early childhood events (e.g. early

relationship with etc…)o UNCOVERING THE ASPECT OF INTRAPSYCHIC

ACTIVITYo Must uncovered to ease in understanding the behavior

BASIS/ ASSUMPTIONS OF THE PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL

Ullman and Krasner, 1975Medical model – theory focused on abnormality

& theory was introduced by the time when the interest is on “mental illness”

Parallels between PSYCHOLOGICAL and DISEASE ORIENTATION Unconscious conflict and other Psychological

Factors = DISEASE PROCESSProblematic Behaviors = Symptoms people with behavioral problems is also called a

PATIENT, & the Diagnosis, Prognosis, treatment and cure are also applied

FREUDIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS

Psychic DeterminismContinual struggle between the individual’s

desire to satisfaction and aggression, the need to respect rules and realities of the outside world

Freud’s saw human mind as an arenabetween wants to do (instinct) and

what can or should do

PSYCHODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES

Id – unconscious , present at birth, contains all the psychic energy or “libido”Operates on Pleasure Principles (if it feels good, do

it!)Ego – consciousness, the result of an unsatisfied Id

Operates on Reality Principles (if your going to do it, do it quietly)

Superego – ego ideal, the conforming on perfect, right and should doOperates on what is the norms (if your going to do

it, do it right and perfect)

Mental Structures

Id vs. Ego - choosing between small rewards and a larger reward that requires waiting (delay of gratification)

Id vs. Superego – deciding weather to return the difference when you are overpaid or undercharged

Ego vs. Superego – choosing between telling realistic way ( white lie ) and unrealistic standard (truth)

Id and Ego vs. Superego – Deciding to hit back on the weak opponent or to “turn the other cheek”

Id and Superego vs. Ego – deciding to act in realistic way that conflicts both with your desires and your moral convictions

Ego and superego vs. Id- choosing to act on the impulse (stealing something that you can afford) ego presumed to increase

Intrapsychic Conflicts

Mechanism of Defense