PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Borderline Personality Disorder, Psy, Object Relations Theory
18 Jun 2018
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PSY 325: Psychological Disorders - Lecture 8
Therapy room set-up activity:
oFace to face sitting
oAngle sitting
No right answer optional
oSitting arrangement:
Table between therapist and client
Barrier between the two of you only exception is a hospital
where they have no choice and they are sorry
Face-to-face
Problem: awkward silence in therapy it’s the processing
that’s occurring
Fill the silence with something
Gets to conversational
Angle
Less Fill in the gaps conversation
On the couch
Avoid superficial conversation
Reflect on your words different when looking at a ceiling
You can really hear yourself and you process deeply
Instructors clients have both ADHD, and/or OCD or anxiety
oSeems to be a correlation
oCommonly misdiagnosed anxiety for ADHD
Imagine your in a group of addicts self help group
oOne patient says my therapist the next time I’m giving into my addiction
he said kill yourself rather than give into your addiction
oClient was thinking of suicide had self destructive behavior rather
than torturing yourself just kill yourself
oClient laughed and defended the therapist with her addiction group
The most important goal of a therapist make the client feel that you get them or try
Imagine you have a patient with attachment issues/borderline personality and you
missed their message even though you promised they are very angry with you
o1) Let them talk it out
o2) Apologize
o3) Containment how bad it was/ how permanent
Trying to help the patient process/experience/express their feelings
in a adaptive way and modeling for them how to do that
A good therapist lets you feel to the fullest but contain the
emotions rather than showing the emotions themselves
Acceptance therapy better than CBT more cognitive
Mindfulness physiologyworking with your thoughts and
feelings
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Document Summary
Therapy room set-up activity: face to face sitting, angle sitting. No right answer optional: sitting arrangement: Barrier between the two of you only exception is a hospital where they have no choice and they are sorry. Problem: awkward silence in therapy it"s the processing that"s occurring. Reflect on your words different when looking at a ceiling. You can really hear yourself and you process deeply. Instructors clients have both adhd, and/or ocd or anxiety: seems to be a correlation, commonly misdiagnosed anxiety for adhd. The most important goal of a therapist make the client feel that you get them or try. Trying to help the patient process/experience/express their feelings in a adaptive way and modeling for them how to do that. A good therapist lets you feel to the fullest but contain the emotions rather than showing the emotions themselves. Acceptance therapy better than cbt more cognitive. Mindfulness physiology working with your thoughts and feelings.
