First Year Exam Topics – Integrative Psychotherapy

  1. Multimodal Psychotherapy (excluding basic techniques used in multimodal therapy)
  2. Basic Techniques Used in Multimodal Psychotherapy
  3. Systematic Treatment Selection
  4. Beitman’s Model of Future Predictions
  5. The Transtheoretical Model
  6. Relational Integrative Psychotherapy
  7. The Proto Self
  8. The Core Self
  9. The Plastic Self
  10. The Neurobiological Model of the Self
  11. The Self in Psychodynamic Orientations
  12. The Self in Cognitive-Behavioral Orientations
  13. The Self in Humanistic-Existential Orientations
  14. The Self and the Ego
  15. Levels of the Self and Psychological Axes
  1. Client Resistance to Change
  2. Managing Resistance to Change
  3. Types of Motivation
  4. Motivation for Change and Stages of Change in Psychotherapy
  5. Motivation and the Process of Change
  6. Therapeutic Interventions to Enhance Motivation for Change
  7. The Development of the Client’s Self
  8. The Concept of Self-Esteem
  9. Types of Self-Esteem
  10. Self-Efficacy and Learned Helplessness
  11. Working with Low Self-Esteem
  12. Empathy
  13. Unconditional Acceptance
  14. Professional Variables Related to the Psychotherapist
  15. The Therapeutic Alliance
  16. Building the Therapeutic Alliance and Alliance Ruptures
  17. Repairing Alliance Ruptures
  18. The Therapeutic Relationship
  19. The Therapeutic Context
  20. Categorical and Dimensional Diagnosis
  21. Projective Diagnosis (excluding TAT)
  22. Ego Strengthening
  23. Learning Experiences
  24. Therapeutic Rituals and Techniques