First Year Exam Topics – Integrative Psychotherapy
- Multimodal Psychotherapy (excluding basic techniques used in multimodal therapy)
- Basic Techniques Used in Multimodal Psychotherapy
- Systematic Treatment Selection
- Beitman’s Model of Future Predictions
- The Transtheoretical Model
- Relational Integrative Psychotherapy
- The Proto Self
- The Core Self
- The Plastic Self
- The Neurobiological Model of the Self
- The Self in Psychodynamic Orientations
- The Self in Cognitive-Behavioral Orientations
- The Self in Humanistic-Existential Orientations
- The Self and the Ego
- Levels of the Self and Psychological Axes
- Client Resistance to Change
- Managing Resistance to Change
- Types of Motivation
- Motivation for Change and Stages of Change in Psychotherapy
- Motivation and the Process of Change
- Therapeutic Interventions to Enhance Motivation for Change
- The Development of the Client’s Self
- The Concept of Self-Esteem
- Types of Self-Esteem
- Self-Efficacy and Learned Helplessness
- Working with Low Self-Esteem
- Empathy
- Unconditional Acceptance
- Professional Variables Related to the Psychotherapist
- The Therapeutic Alliance
- Building the Therapeutic Alliance and Alliance Ruptures
- Repairing Alliance Ruptures
- The Therapeutic Relationship
- The Therapeutic Context
- Categorical and Dimensional Diagnosis
- Projective Diagnosis (excluding TAT)
- Ego Strengthening
- Learning Experiences
- Therapeutic Rituals and Techniques