The Orientation of Clinical Psychology

There is a clear and close relationship between clinical psychology and abnormal psychology, and then of course psychiatry. The task facing clinical psychology is to understand the problems faced by patients and how patients completed the personality aspect. For purposes of theoretical orientations of clinical studies on personality are aspects of personality that needs to be understood:

1. Motivation is a psychological need that has a pattern or direction that is within the individual that must be met in order for mental life that is constantly maintained in a state of balance. At first it was just a power requirement basis only. But then turns into a vector called the motivation for having the strength and direction.

2. Capacity Capacity is adjustic individual characteristics, including in the case is the intellectual capacity to achieve their own goals and to the demands of the environment desired. The importance of understanding this capacity for clinical psychology is to predict in what areas and how strongly the individual has a source of stress, both in a state of frustration, conflict and distress.

3. Control is defined as control of individual dilakuakan process when using the capacity and motivation to curb impulsive into a useful channel for adjusting himself, the socially acceptable.

The development of the power of self occurs from infancy. Precisely when the baby started to learn to deal with frustration. There are five form of control is excessive control (repression), weak (under control), tentantif (anxiety), also known as impaired inadequate controls and ideal control (birth control appropriate adjustments.)

Role of Clinical Psychology

Professional task is to implement a clinical psychologist clinical psychological principles as applied science. In connection with this task, there are several clinical psychologist role held as follows:

1. Applied psychology is a term specific to psychotherapy. In general, therapy picture featured four activities, namely: Helping pure relationship nurturing the relationship between therapist and patient.

a. help clients explore (self diversion)

b. therapists work together to solve problems dank lien

c. therapists build and work on skills or attitudes to the patient how to menggulangi stress.

2. Assessment Assessment is used propses a clinical psychologist to observe and evaluate the patient's social and psychological problems, both related to the limitations and advantages.

3. Teaching Teaching is to provide information and training on topics including the scope of the knowledge that underlies their profession, such as clinical psychology, abnormal psychology, etc..

4. Consultation includes providing guidance to individuals, groups or agencies and organizations to develop the system quality. Called consulting because the purpose of a clinical psychologist in this case helping patients through their work or problems.

a. Administrative implementation by clinical psychologist in accordance with his position in managerial positions such as in hospitals, clinics, etc..

b. The research work done by clinical psychology in various forms of research investigations, assessing the effectiveness of various therapeutic approaches or consultation, the causes and consequences of psychological dysfunction.