PSYC 3F20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Automatic Negative Thoughts, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
24 Feb 2016
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Client vividly imagines trauma for prolonged periods. Therapist guides construction of narrative about experience (e. g. , tell the story). May also be in vivo exposure to trauma-related stimuli. Teach coping skills including relaxation skills and self-talk. Identify and evaluate evidence for negative automatic thoughts associated with trauma; replace with coping thoughts. I am weak and vulnerable confront trauma and i"ve been doing. Not true i can control my reaction. I am damaged beyond repair by this trauma to the trauma in therapy. Compared to supportive counseling and psychodynamic therapy at 3-month follow-up. Reductions in clinician and self-reported ptsd severity. Reduced amygdala activity, increased prefrontal cortex activity on fmri following treatment, in response to visual or verbal symptom provocation stimuli. Focus on disturbing image or memory as well as the emotions and thoughts that go along with it. Client reports on associated thoughts, feelings, sensations, images that occurred during procedure; these become the focus of next phase of bilateral stimulation.
