In psychology, we have many approaches to base our evaluation and treatment of a patient, such as psychology of education, community psychology, social psychology, humanistic approach, cognitive-behavioural approach, neuropsychological approach, industrial-organizational approach, psychodynamic, etc. I get that some approaches don't fit with the level of target/observation (e.g. I/O psychology for a single mother at home dealing with major depression), and that each one is a tool in the toolbox for a specific need and objective, but I ask for a possible integration of similar or potentially complementary approaches (neuropsy with TCC or humanistic with ecological model of Bronfenbrenner confirmed with neuropsy, etc.). In summary, I am curious of what has been proposed to build a sort of unity with some of the approaches in modern psychology.
I think that in the practice of therapists, most of whom are physicians (psychiatrists) but can also be clinical psychologists, method-integrating treatment methods have prevailed. Training events and supervision today ensure that new therapeutic approaches and successes are passed on that did not previously exist.
You should begin step by step. Clarifying the seminal concepts. For example the inconscious idea among the different approach. It should deserve a lot of work for every concept. At the end you would discover a lot of incompatibilities. In any case Nancy Mc Williams in her last books argue the possibilty of an eclectic approach in the single clinical case, even if she is a psychoanalyst.
In case there would be a single good method that fits all persons then we would not have so many methods. Symptoms are different, underlying causes are different, traumas occur at different ages of the life span. While every person who is in therapy is not going to make a profession out of it, it would be a waste of time and money for everyone to attend long procedures when no deeper understanding is needed.
Dear Samuel,
"Could we find, inside the vast universe of research papers discussing on integrating many if not all approaches in psychological therapies?" You ask.
It is true that there are a myriad of psychotherapies. This is partly understandable because each patient is unique in his/her psychological problem. This aspect notwithstanding, it also makes sense to look for schools of psychotherapy that integrate many if not all approaches in psychological therapies. There is a school of psychotherapy that intends to do this. This school is called the school of brief therapies. If you perform a Google search you wiil find some bibiographical referenes.
Bes regards,
Orlando
Dear all,
considering my limited knowledge, which today may be outdated by further research, evaluation studies on the success of therapies using psychoanalysis, behavioural therapy and client-centred methods (Rogers) led to quite clear results. Behavioural therapy has proven to be particularly effective. Client-centered therapy has a demonstrable success, but not as strong as behavioural therapy. Psychoanalysis performed relatively poorly. Of course, this has to be seen in a larger context. Not all types of therapy are equally suitable for all mental disorders requiring treatment. Behavioural therapy is probably preferable - in comparison with psychoanalysis - for phobias, fears and compulsions - whereby psychoanalysts claim that this is only surface therapy and the symptoms come back elsewhere - but that is of course speculation. Psychoanalysis is basically not a therapy for mentally ill people either, but for healthy people as well - and they can be pursued until the end of their lives, regardless of whether they are healthy or in need of therapy. And the client-centered method is particularly suitable for people who cannot decide and need some help to lead their own life. But this can be discussed endlessly.
Hello Samuel,
Check out the book "Advances in Personality Science" by Daniel Cervone and Walter Mischel (2002). They write in the opening pages of integrative approaches and allowances, ridding the disciplines of entrentched isolation.
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I would recommend to look at the discussion following the papir from Lane, Ryan, Nadel & Greenberg (22015) Memory reconsolidation, emotional arousal, and the proces of change in psychotherapy: new insights from brain science. Behavioral and Brain Science.
I do not completely agree with the conclusions in the article and it's not an final answer to your quistion, but a path to go. :)
I think that in the practice of therapists, most of whom are physicians (psychiatrists) but can also be clinical psychologists, method-integrating treatment methods have prevailed. Training events and supervision today ensure that new therapeutic approaches and successes are passed on that did not previously exist.
Jacques Lacan is an obscurantist so I have largely stopped even referring to him, but my simplified understanding of his theory of the symptom allows me to make sweeping generalisations about therapy! Symptoms are signs, metaphors, or an attempt at communication of something that the client cannot otherwise express. If a therapist can get the client to express their symptom in other ways, the symptoms go away, because they do not need to be 'said' or danced, primal screamed, painted, talked...etc.
I would recommend Gerald Corey’s book “Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy” as it compares and contrasts different theories fluently. Throughout each chapter, it is evident that some theories resemble each other in some aspects. This helps the reader integrate different therapeutic approaches to each individual, since it is evident, no 2 individual cases are alike.
Psychotherapy methods can be unified, the current treatment methods are scattered, are targeted to specific needs, because of the lack of a unified psychology theory. All psychotherapy methods serve one goal: modifying the program. People's psychological activities can describe a series of program, psychological disorders are due to the disorder of these program, modify these psychological program, is psychotherapy.
I've found the answer to this question, and I've found a theory that unifies psychotherapy, because the goal of all treatments is actually the same. Enclosed are the abstracts of the papers and the full text of the papers, for your comments:
"This paper attempts to reveal through case analysis that psychological activities are a set of programs and that the cause of mental illness is error in operation of the programs or the establishment of erroneous programs. By modifying or learning to use these psychological programs correctly, mental illness can be treated precisely and thoroughly. The complete psychotherapy process is represented by the following: psychoanalysis + modification of psychological programs. To perform certain tasks, the living body undergoes a series of changes in physiology and needs to initiate a series of physiological responses. The abstract combination of these physiological changes and physiological responses is called the “psychological program.” The search for psychological activity programs mainly depends on psychological analysis and scientific hypnosis."
Timothy Takemoto
"another way to express symptoms"? Can I understand the process of changing mental activity?
Existen muchos enfoques en psicología pero sólo el modelo cognitivo conductual se apega al método científico, es necesario conocer sus bases metodológicas para poder aplicarlo y saber de su eficacia en cualquier población que va desde la infantil, adolecente, joven, hombres y mujeres en edad madura y adultos mayores. La metodología cognitivo conductual incide sobre la modificación del pensamiento y en consecuencia la conducta, es aplicable a pacientes desde ambientes familiares, escolares, hospitalarios, adicciones, penitenciarios, etc.
You may find these resources interesting:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02021/full
https://ww1.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/2004/april/greben.pdf
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/int
https://doaj.org/toc/2156-9703?source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22filtered%22%3A%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22terms%22%3A%7B%22index.issn.exact%22%3A%5B%222156-9703%22%5D%7D%7D%2C%7B%22term%22%3A%7B%22_type%22%3A%22article%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22query%22%3A%7B%22match_all%22%3A%7B%7D%7D%7D%7D%2C%22from%22%3A0%2C%22size%22%3A100%7D
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I don't think left is much use if you want solid information. The information from the left is mostly questionable, not secured. I prefer to study the problems.
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