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Therapy

Therapy. Psychoanalysis. Based on Freud Through free-association, dreams, hypnosis etc., the therapist and patient can gain insight and express previously repressed feelings Lying on the couch stereotype. Psychodynamic therapy. Also influenced by Freud

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Therapy

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  1. Therapy

  2. Psychoanalysis • Based on Freud • Through free-association, dreams, hypnosis etc., the therapist and patient can gain insight and express previously repressed feelings • Lying on the couch stereotype

  3. Psychodynamic therapy • Also influenced by Freud • Focus on themes across relationships, including childhood experiences

  4. Humanistic Therapies • Maslow and Rodgers • Emphasizes people’s potential for self-growth • Self-awareness and self-acceptance • Focus on: • Present and future (rather than past) • Conscious thoughts (rather than unconscious) • Taking responsibility • Growth; “clients” instead of “patients”

  5. Paraphrase • Invite Clarification • Reflect Feelings

  6. Behavior Therapies • Focuses on removing troubling symptoms • Applies learning principles • Classical Conditioning • Counterconditioning • Exposure therapies • Systematic desensitization • Virtual reality • Aversive Conditioning

  7. Operant conditioning • Token economy • Assertiveness training

  8. Nonassertive Aggressive Assertive • Situation • 1 B A C • 2 A C B • 3 C B A • 4 B A C • 5 C B A • 6 A C B • 7 B A C • 8 C A B • 9 B C A

  9. Cognitive Therapies • Our thinking influences our feelings • So to change our feelings…?

  10. Group and Family therapies • Kinda like it sounds

  11. Psychotherapy’s effectiveness • Research • Meta-Analysis • Regression toward the mean

  12. Alternative Therapies • Eye-movement • Bee stings • Trepanation • Light Exposure

  13. Commonalities Among Therapies • Hope • Perspective • Trusting, caring relationship

  14. Drug Therapies • Antipsychotic drugs • Calmed patients • Block dopamine receptor sites (an excess of dopamine is related to schizophrenia)

  15. Antianxiety drugs • Depress nervous system activity • Xanax

  16. Antidepressant drugs • Increase serotonin • Used to treat anxiety as well as depression • Aerobic exercise is usually as effective

  17. Brain Stimulation • Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) • Has brutal reputation but does work, especially in treating depression • Results in seizures and short-term memory loss

  18. Surgery • Lobotomy

  19. Prevention of Psychological Disorders • Incidences of mental illness have been increasing. Is society to blame?

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