Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)History of TreatmentTherapyTherapy: PsychoanalysisSlide 5Humanistic TherapySlide 7Behavior TherapySlide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Cognitive TherapySlide 15Slide 16Group and Family TherapiesMyers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)Module 40The Psychological TherapiesJames A. McCubbin, PhDClemson UniversityWorth PublishersHistory of TreatmentTherapyPsychotherapyan emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficultiesEclectic Approachan approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client’s problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapyTherapy: PsychoanalysisPsychoanalysisFreud believed the patient’s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences – and the therapist’s interpretations of them – released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insightuse has rapidly decreased in recent yearsResistanceblocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden materialTherapy: PsychoanalysisInterpretation the analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors in order to promote insightTransferencethe patient’s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationshipse.g. love or hatred for a parentHumanistic TherapyClient-Centered Therapyhumanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogerstherapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients’ growthHumanistic TherapyActive Listening- empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifiesBehavior TherapyBehavior Therapytherapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviorsCounterconditioningprocedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviorsbased on classical conditioningincludes systematic desensitization and aversive conditioningBehavior TherapyExposure Therapytreat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or reality) to the things they fear and avoidBehavior TherapySystematic Desensitizationtype of counterconditioning associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimulicommonly used to treat phobiasAversive Conditioningtype of counterconditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behaviornausea ---> alcoholBehavior TherapySystematic DesensitizationBehavior TherapyAversion therapy for alcoholicsBehavior TherapyToken Economyan operant conditioning procedure that rewards desired behaviorpatient exchanges a token of some sort, earned for exhibiting the desired behavior, for various privileges or treatsCognitive TherapyCognitive Therapy teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and actingbased on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactionsCognitive TherapyA cognitive perspective on psychological disordersCognitive TherapyCognitive-Behavioral Therapya popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)Group and Family TherapiesFamily Therapytreats the family as a systemviews an individual’s unwanted behaviors as influenced by or directed at other family membersattempts to guide family members toward positive relationships and improved
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