Therapies. Psychotherapy A systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that brings psychological principles to bear on a client’s thoughts,

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 disordersPeople who want to learn about

themselvesPeople with regular problems

(weight loss, depression, shyness)

Insight TherapiesInsight Therapies

Traditional PsychoanalysisTraditional Psychoanalysis Client Centered TherapyClient Centered Therapy Cognitive TherapiesCognitive Therapies Group therapiesGroup therapies Involves verbal interactions intended to Involves verbal interactions intended to

enhance a client’s self knowledge and enhance a client’s self knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior.personality and behavior.

PsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis

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

*free association*free association

*dream analysis*dream analysis

*transference (countertransference)*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 TherapyClient Centered Therapy

Carl Rogers’ insight thereapy that emphasizes Carl Rogers’ insight thereapy that emphasizes providing a supportive meotional climate for providing a supportive meotional climate for clients who play a major role in determining clients who play a major role in determining the pace and direction of the therapy.the pace and direction of the therapy.

Unconditional positive regardUnconditional positive regard Empathic understandingEmpathic understanding GenuinenessGenuineness CongruenceCongruence

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-anxietyanti-psychoticantidepressantslithium

Electroconvulsive Therapies

Psychosurgery