Psychotherapy Matrix Appendix C

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Appendix C

Psychotherapy Matrix

Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize using any of the following theories: psychodynamic therapy, Freud’s therapy, behavioral therapy, classical conditioning treatment, operant conditioning, and dialectical behavior therapy. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy.

|Therapy approach |Summary of approach |Disorders appropriate for this therapy |

|Psychodynamic Therapy |It seeks to bring the unresolved past conflicts and|A social phobia would benefit from this type of |

| |unacceptable impulses from the unconscious to the |therapy, also someone who had panic attacks or |

| |conscious. This approach is base off Freud’s |other anxiety disorders. |

| |psychoanalytic approach, which allows the | |

| |individuals employ defense mechanisms; this allows |If a person is afraid of say spiders, or in my case|

| |them to protect themselves from unacceptable |clowns, this would be the type of therapy; we would|

| |unconscious impulse. |want to seek out. Anxiety is another reason for |

| | |this. A person who has panic attacks on day to day |

| | |bases would benefit from seeing who specializes in |

| | |this type of therapy. |...