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Interventions for children in care: top-down and bottom-up evolution
Published in Panos Vostanis, Helping Children and Young People Who Experience Trauma, 2021
Putting aside the non-negligible pragmatics of what is available locally, the decision will largely be made on the problem one wants to tackle at the time, and this could change after a few months. It will also depend on the child’s or carer’s wishes, and his or her psychological profile. ‘Psychological mindedness’ can be difficult to define, but it applies to all of us, as our proneness to reflect and make links between experiences and emotions, or our inclination for more practical processes and goals. Self-reflection is not equated with intelligence, as a better response to a social learning approach does not indicate concreteness. Neither style is wrong, conversely both can be effective if used properly and matched with the therapy on offer. They can be complementary, usually with behavioural or cognitive techniques, and in conjunction with measures of safety and environmental changes that can pave the way for free-flowing psychodynamic thinking. Having said that, we often meet children as young as 7–8 years who have this extraordinary capacity to make sense of their inner world, and who desperately try to communicate verbally or by other means such as drawing or play.
A psychoanalytic approach to psychoeducational evaluations
Published in Jed A. Yalof, Anthony D. Bram, Psychoanalytic Assessment Applications for Different Settings, 2020
My question was designed both to establish rapport and forge an alliance, and, at the same time, assess the patient’s psychological-mindedness and potential for self-reflection during the diagnostic work, and potentially in treatment, as well.
A Brief History of Integrated and Unified Psychotherapy Approaches
Published in Judy Z. Koenigsberg, Anxiety Disorders, 2020
According to Tryon’s (2014) unified theory of psychological science, which is based on core and corollary network concepts or principles, if a clinician were to adopt his network approach, the therapist would identify with concepts or principles rather than with eminent psychologists or with clinical orientations because the Bio Psychology Network Theory includes these orientations. Tryon (2014) explains that his model guides a clinician to view a client’s issues as physical rather than mental and to view therapy as involving brain changes, thereby removing the stigma related to seeking psychotherapy. His unified theory can help reconcile the disharmonies among mental health professionals and can promote the study of a mature psychological science. This approach can allow the behavioral clinician to more easily include psychological mindedness and the psychodynamic clinician to include, with greater ease, the goal of decreasing symptoms (Tryon, 2014).
PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDEDNESS, ATTITUDES TOWARD HYPNOSIS, AND EXPECTANCY AS CORRELATES OF HYPNOTIZABILITY
Published in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2020
Lauren L. Koep, Mattie L. Biggs, Joshua R. Rhodes, Gary R. Elkins
Finally, Denollet and Nyklicek (2004) conducted extensive reviews of the existing literature regarding psychological mindedness and focused on the construct as it relates to both mental and physical health. They highlighted how psychological mindedness has come to be understood as a multifaceted construct, made up of several components. However, they focused on how psychological mindedness can help individuals cope with various negative emotional states, consequently impacting their emotional health as well as their physical health and relaxation. Denollet and Nyklicek (2004) mentioned the capacity for psychological mindedness to serve as a type of coping skill and stated that “psychological mindedness is closely related to the willingness to accept the influence of intrapsychic processes on behavior and on coping with the stress of everyday life.” In sum, the researchers proposed the following definition of psychological mindedness: “Psychological mindedness refers to the intrinsic motivation to be in touch with one’s inner feelings and thoughts by monitoring and analyzing them in an adaptive way” (Denollet & Nyklicek, 2004, p. 191). This definition greatly influenced the construction of the Balanced Index of Psychological Mindedness (BIPM; Nyklicek & Denollet, 2009), which has been utilized in the current study. Based on this definition, if someone is open to psychological concepts, one could propose that the individual would also be open to a psychological intervention such as hypnosis. Therefore, it is rational to hypothesize that people who have more of this trait would be more hypnotizable.