LCDC Exam Prep: Counseling Theories
Psychoanalytic - -Unconscious motives and conflicts are central in present
behavior.
-Psychoanalytic Therapy - -Assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and
working through repressed conflicts. Intellectual awareness.
-Psychoanalytic Therapy - -Therapist makes interpretations to teach the
client the meaning of current behavior as related to their past.
-Behavior Therapy - -B.F. Skinner, Arnold Lazarus
-Behavior Therapy - -Human are shaped and determined by socio-cultural
conditioning. Behavior is seen as the product of learning and conditioning.
-Behavior Therapy - -Eliminate clients' maladaptive behavior patterns and
help them learn constructive patterns. To change behavior.
-Behavior Therapy - -Specific goals are selected by client.
-Behavior Therapy - -Normal behavior is learned through reinforcement and
imitation. Abnormal behavior is the result of faulty learning.
-Behavior Therapy - -Therapist functions as a teacher or trainer in helping
clients learn more effective behavior. A good working relationship is the
groundwork of implementing behavioral procedures.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Albert Ellis
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Humans fall victim to irrational beliefs and
reindoctrinate themselves with those beliefs.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Therapy is cognitive/behavior/action oriented
and stresses thinking, judging, analyzing, doing, and redeciding.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Teach client to analyze their belief system and
correct the irrational distortions.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Counselor does not need to feel with the
client, but needs to identify and understand the client's irrational beliefs. The
counselor creates new judgments that are rational (logical) based on data
from the client's life.
-Person-Centered Therapy - -Carl Rogers
Psychoanalytic - -Unconscious motives and conflicts are central in present
behavior.
-Psychoanalytic Therapy - -Assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and
working through repressed conflicts. Intellectual awareness.
-Psychoanalytic Therapy - -Therapist makes interpretations to teach the
client the meaning of current behavior as related to their past.
-Behavior Therapy - -B.F. Skinner, Arnold Lazarus
-Behavior Therapy - -Human are shaped and determined by socio-cultural
conditioning. Behavior is seen as the product of learning and conditioning.
-Behavior Therapy - -Eliminate clients' maladaptive behavior patterns and
help them learn constructive patterns. To change behavior.
-Behavior Therapy - -Specific goals are selected by client.
-Behavior Therapy - -Normal behavior is learned through reinforcement and
imitation. Abnormal behavior is the result of faulty learning.
-Behavior Therapy - -Therapist functions as a teacher or trainer in helping
clients learn more effective behavior. A good working relationship is the
groundwork of implementing behavioral procedures.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Albert Ellis
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Humans fall victim to irrational beliefs and
reindoctrinate themselves with those beliefs.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Therapy is cognitive/behavior/action oriented
and stresses thinking, judging, analyzing, doing, and redeciding.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Teach client to analyze their belief system and
correct the irrational distortions.
-Rational Emotive Therapy - -Counselor does not need to feel with the
client, but needs to identify and understand the client's irrational beliefs. The
counselor creates new judgments that are rational (logical) based on data
from the client's life.
-Person-Centered Therapy - -Carl Rogers
