Therapies

Psychotherapy A systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that brings psychological principles to bear on a client’s thoughts, feelings, or behavior to help the client overcome abnormal behavior (or to adjust to problems in living)

Different Types of Therapists Psychologist Counselor Psychiatrist Psychiatric Social Worker Psychoanalyst

Who Goes to Therapy? People with psychological disorders People who want to learn about themselves People with regular problems (weight loss, depression, shyness)

Insight Therapies Traditional Psychoanalysis Client Centered Therapy Cognitive Therapies Group therapies Involves verbal interactions intended to enhance a client’s self knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior.

Psychoanalysis Insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses though techniques such as free association, dream analysis, and transference. *free association *dream analysis *transference (countertransference)

Modern vs. Traditional Psychoanalysis 1-2x weekly “face to face” Problem resolution Active & directive Supportive, educational, and less intense 4-5x weekly “couch therapy” Reconstruct character Free association, transference, and resistance

Client Centered Therapy Carl Rogers’ insight thereapy that emphasizes providing a supportive meotional climate for clients who play a major role in determining the pace and direction of the therapy. Unconditional positive regard Empathic understanding Genuineness Congruence

Cognitive Therapies Forms of Therapy that focus on how clients’ cognitions lead to distress and may be modified to relieve distress. Improve a person’s well being by changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs Albert Ellis: Rational Emotive therapy Aaron Beck: Cognitive Therapy Problem Solving Training

Advantages of Group Therapies Cheaper Able to hear experiences of others Group support Similarity Improvement happens Social skills

Behavior Therapies Behavior is a product of learning and what is learned can be unlearned. Fear Reduction Methods Aversive conditioning Operant Conditioning token economies biofeedback

Biomedical Therapies Drug Therapy Anti-anxiety anti-psychotic antidepressants lithium Electroconvulsive Therapies Psychosurgery