Psychodynamic Therapy

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a case study of a child who is expressing anxiety problems. The paper then describes and analyzes Alfred Adler's theories on individual psychology and discusses how these theories would relate to the current case. The paper finally discusses useful intervention strategies such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) as a means of learning how to manage the child's anxiety.

Table of Contents:
Client History
Adler's Individual Psychology
Useful Intervention Strategies
Summary

From the Paper:

"In the current case study, CBT is recommended for use as it identifies the patient's inferiority complex as the source of feelings of anxiety. CBT recognizes that the way in which a patient thinks can trigger an emotional response; here, thoughts of personal shortcoming trigger emotional anxiety. This in turn results in anxiety attacks, or at the very least causes the patient to become overly sensitive and anxious. The problem with this process is that it can become a cyclical pattern where the patient manifests anxiousness, which affects his behavior, which in turn causes him to act abnormally, and this finally results in peers or adults treating him in a different manner. Over time, the patient's learned responses to the perception of different treatment characterize him as different, which in turn exacerbates conditions of anxiety."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Buss, D. M. (2005). The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. New York: Wiley.
• Pallone, N. (Ed.) (1999). Altruism, Narcissism, Comity: Research Perspectives from Current Psychology. New York: Transaction Publishers.
• Staddon, J. (2002). New Behaviorism: Mind, Mechanism, and Society (Third. Ed.) New York: Psychology Press.

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