STUDY GUIDE FOR PCC/PCMF 500: INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: THEORIES AND INTERVENTIONS Basically, you want

to have an overall understanding of the key concepts of each of the theories and how they are applied in therapy Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice: Understand: Informed Consent, Confidentiality, taking a Multicultural Perspective, the Assessment Process and Diagnosis; Dual Relationships Psychoanalytic Therapy: Freuds Structure of Personality, Consciousness and Unconsciousness, Anxiety, EgoDefense Mechanisms Eriksons Psychosocial Perspective The goals of Psychoanalytic Therapy, the Therapists function and role Object Relations Theory Adlerian Therapy: The Phenomenological Approach Adlers view on personality The therapeutic goals The therapists function and role The four phases of therapy Existential Therapy: Key concepts of Existential Therapy Therapists function and role Person-Centered Therapy: Therapeutic goals and process Relationship between therapist and client Gestalt Therapy: Principles of Gestalt Therapy Gestalt Interventions Behavior Therapy: Therapeutic goals Therapists function and role Therapeutic techniques Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Albert Elliss A-B-C theory of personality The therapeutic process and goals REBT Becks Cognitive Therapy Donald Meichenbaums approach

Family Systems Therapy: Difference between Systemic and Individual Approaches Adlerian Family Therapy Structural Family Therapy Strategic Family Therapy Postmodern Approaches: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Narrative Therapy Social Constructionism Reality Therapy: Key concepts Feminist Therapy: Key concepts STUDY GUIDE FOR PCMF 504 HUMAN BEHAVIOR: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE Explain historically controversial dichotomous issues in development (e.g., nature/nurture; continuity/discontinuity; activity/passivity) Discuss the current movement away from these dichotomous issues toward a focus on moderators and mediators of development Discuss Freuds psychosexual theory of personality development Identify key assumptions of the theory Identify the structures or parts of personality (i.e., id, ego, superego) and their roles in personality development. Identify level of awareness for each structure (unconscious, preconscious, conscious) Identify examples of a strong id versus a strong superego Discuss Eriksons psychosocial theory of development Discuss the stages of lifespan development (e.g., trust vs. mistrust, identity vs. role confusion, etc.) Describe what he meant by a crisis and by successful resolution of an issue Discuss the crisis of trust vs. mistrust and what ultimately determines its resolution Discuss the notion of a psychological moratorium and its significance in identity development Identify strengths and weaknesses of the theory Discuss Marcias extension of Eriksons concepts of crisis and commitment and his taxonomy of identity statuses Identify examples of the four types of resolution to identity crises Piagets theory of cognitive development Identify the assumptions of the theory (explain epigenesis, active constructivism, continuous interaction) 2

Discuss key concepts Describe the processes of adaptation (i.e., assimilation and accommodation) and the equilibration process Describe characteristics of each stage and the relative age ranges associated with each Discuss Piagetian views on the likelihood of using formal operational reasoning

Discuss research on childrens Theory of Mind Post-formal thought Describe major assumptions shared by post-formal theories Discuss Kramers classification of absolutist, relativistic, & dialectical styles of adult thought Discuss Kohlbergs theory of moral development (changes in internalization, characteristics of stages, developmental trends) Discuss Gilligans criticisms of Kohlbergs model and the distinction between Care and Justice perspectives Discuss Damons research on positive justice in children and discrepancies between responses to real and hypothetical situations Discuss Bowlbys ethological theory (assumptions of the theory, internal working models, views on caregiver sensitivity and the sensitive period for adaptive attachment-related development) Explain Ainsworths Strange Situation procedure (attachment patterns, theoretical interpretations of the patterns, and research findings) What can be concluded from Cross-cultural studies of attachment in N. Germany and Japan (Re: the strange situation procedure) Emotional Development across the lifespan Discuss concepts of Learning theories and applications in adult-child relationships and in therapeutic interventions STUDY GUIDE FOR PCMF 503: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY DSM-IV-TR Classification System Etiology, Prevalence Rates, Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment of: Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Substance-Related Disorders Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Eating Disorders Personality Disorders 3

Somatoform Disorders Factitious Disorders Dissociative Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders Sleep Disorders Impulse Control Disorders Adjustment Disorders Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence Ethics Portion of the Exam: Thoroughly review the code of Ethics for ACA, AAMFT and APA Field Placement Portion of the Exam: Thoroughly review the section on Field Placement in the Student Handbook, the handbook can be found on Blackboard. You will only be required to know information on your major.