Psychotherapy Matrix

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Appendix D

Psychotherapy Matrix

Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy.

|Psychodynamic Approach |Behavioral Approach |Cognitive Approach |

|Summary of |Psychoanalytic therapy looks to unresolved conflicts and |Behaviorists believe that disorders are learned in the |This approach focuses on a person’s thoughts and beliefs |

|Approach |unacceptable impulses from the unconscious mind as a means|same manner as normal behavior is learned, making the |about his or herself, the situation, or the world to |

| |to explain and address issues of psychological problems, |behavior itself the disorder, rather than some underlying |explain abnormal behavior. The idea is that if a person |

| |and modify people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior. |disorder. This perspective seeks to uncover what past |simply thinks of something in the right way, the disorder |

| |This approach is largely based on Freud’s psychoanalytic |experiences caused the learned response to present-day |will be resolved. The goal of cognitive therapy is to |

| |approach to personality. Freud asserted that people use |stimuli. There is an emphasis on observable behavior, and|replace maladaptive thoughts with new modes of thinking |

| |defense mechanisms in an effort to diffuse unconscious |less focus on deeper thoughts, attitudes and emotions that|about one’s self and the world. |

| |impulses, which leads to abnormal behavior. Bringing these|may be contributing to the abnormal behavior. | |

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