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| general term for any treatment process; in psychology and pshciatry, therapy refers to a variety of psychological and biomedical techniques aimed at dealing with mental disorders or coping with problems of living |
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| to offer you a person/friend to lay your problems out to while keeping them confidential |
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| The nature of therapeutic relationship |
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| to keep your problems and concerns confidentional and offer therapeutic techniques |
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| the components of therapy |
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-Identifying the problem
-Identifying the cause of the problem or the conditions that maintain the problem
-deciding on and carrying out some sort of treatment |
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| The various professionals that conduct therapy |
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1.counseling psychologist
2. Clinical Psychologist
3. Psychiatrist
4. Psychoanalyst
5. Psychiatric nurse practioner
6. Clinical Social Worker
7. Pastoral Counselor |
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| In the olden times, the job of the "therapist," was to perform an exorcism and "beat the devil" out of the person. In more recent times, reformers have urged that the mentally ill be placed in institutions that are called asylums, where they woud be shieled from the stresses of the world. |
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| Psychological vs biomedical therapy |
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Psychological therapy- focuses on changing disordered thoughts, feelings, and behaviors using psychological techniques. (comes in two main forms: insight therapy and behavior therapy)
biomedical therapy- focuses on treating mental problems by changing the underlying biology of the brain |
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| What insight therapies attempt to do |
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psychotherapies in which the therapist helps patients/clients understand (gain insight into) their problems.
-Freudian psychoanalyst -Non-Freudian therapies -Humanistic therapies -cognitive therapies -Group therapies |
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major goal: to reveal and interpret the unconscious mind's contents
methods: free association and dream intrepretation
purpose: 1. to help break through the barriers of repression and bring threatening thoughts to consciousness 2. learn how the realtionship they established with the therapist reflects the unresolved prblems they had with their parents |
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major goal: to reveal and interpret the unconscious mind's contents
methods: free association and dream intrepretation
purpose: 1. to help break through the barriers of repression and bring threatening thoughts to consciousness 2. learn how the realtionship they established with the therapist reflects the unresolved prblems they had with their parents |
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| insight therapies based on the assumption that mental disorder is caused by powerful (dynamic) mental forces and conflicts |
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| humanistic therapy- techniques based on the assumption that people have a tendancy for positive growth and self acutalization, which may be blocked by an unhealthy environment |
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| (part of humanistic therapies) emphasizes healhty psychological growth through self-actualization |
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| (a part of humanistic therapy) paraphrasing client's words to capture the emotional toned expressed |
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emphasizes rational thinking as the key to treating mental disorder
Cognitive thinking for depression involves: 1. Evaluating evidence 2. Situational factors 3. Alternative solutions |
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psychotherapy with more than one client
self-help support groups- groups that provide social support and an opportunity for sharing ideas about dealing with common problems; typically organized/run by laypersons (non-professional therapists)
For many issues, couples counseling and family therapy can often be more effective than individual therapy with one individual at a time. |
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| relies on the principles of operant and classical conditioning |
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