Week 4: Affective Models and Strategies

Affective Models and Strategies

Introduction

A therapist is a person who is a specialist in a certain type of therapy, a physical method or a psychological counseling. However, different therapists have different approaches to deal with individual cases. In this paper, we are going to evaluate different techniques used by the therapists and their appropriate interpretation.

Discussion

Effect of Perspective

According to the book, the two perspectives discussed are the analytic and the cognitive. These are the approaches which framed the minds of the people and then they deal with situations according to the mindsets and the perceptions (Corey, 2005).

Cognitive Approach

Therapists with cognitive approach believe and emphasize on the effects and the importance of the cognition (Knapp, 1984). The cognition is thought that holds the minds of the people and forces them to work in a particular direction. Interpretation, beliefs, inferences, expectations, attributions, predictions, ideas and conceptions are all listed under the domain of the cognitive approach (Vandenberghe, 2009). Simultaneously, these cognitions arbitrate client's problems and are used for the scrutiny and the visible changes by the client. Finally, if these cognitions are targeted, it would help in reframing the client's cognitive, effective and behavioral difficulties.

Therapist Views

As described in chapter 6, the therapist with the cognitive approach view that humans are disturbed by the memories and the views they hold with the certain moment and event, rather than the events themselves (Corey, 2005).

Analytic Approach

Analytic approach is a use of an appropriate process which helps to break down the problem into small pieces. Then this peace is targeted individually and thus, it becomes easier to solve and focus. This process is a repetitive set of steps which assess in achieving the desire goal. However, the process should be appropriate and fits the problem (McCurry, et.al, 2011).

Analytical Psychology

Analytical psychology is a term which is offered by Jung. Jungian analysis is a specialized and an advance form of psychotherapy in which the Jungian analyst works in collaboration with the patient to achieve consciousness and to keep on moving towards the desired goal which is the psychological balance and wholeness and relief in the patient's life (Vandenberghe, 2009). The process mainly deals with the broad range of emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Analysis of the Jungian is a series of steps, and it requires the intensity and the regularity (Knapp, 1984). The focus of the session derives from the experiences of the patient's casual life and the correlation with the memories in the past, and its reflection on the present, previous interaction with the situation, the dreams or may be the spontaneous expression. Jungian analysis assists people in knowing about themselves (Corey, 2005).

Therapist Views

According to chapter 6, the therapist with this perspective believes that everyone who seeks therapy has a story. To help the client resolving their issues, a therapist believes that he has to learn his story and empathize to the situation. Jung therapists recognize that the situations and ...