Unit 8 Module 70: Introduction to Therapy and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies

Psychotherapy

trained therapist uses psychological tachniques to asist someone seeking to overcome difficulties to achieve personal growth. Can explore early rlationshops encourage new ways of thinking replacing old bahviors with new ones

biomedical therapy

offers medication and other biological treatments

ex. a person with sever depression → recieve antidepressants electroconvulsive shoch therapy (ECT) deep brain stimulation

eclectic approach

approach to psychotherapy what involces various

psychoanalysis

freud’s theory of peronality that attributes thoughts and action to unconscous motives and conflicts

reisstance

blocking forms if conscuousness of anxiety-ladden material

interpretation

analysts noting supposed dreams and meanings, reisitance, and other significant behavior and events to provide insight

transfering

patients transfwer to the analysts of emotions lunked with other relationships

psychodynamic theory

therapy deriving from psychoanalytic tradition: views indivuduals as responding to unconscoious forces of childhood experiences, and seeks to enhance self-insight

insight therapy

therapies that aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person’s awareness or underlying motives and defenses

client centered therapy

humanistic therapy, therapy uses techniques such as active listening qith an accepting genuine, empathetic environment to facilitate clients growth

Active listening

therapist, echos, restates, and seeks clarification or what the person expresses (verbally or non-verbally) and acknoleges those thoughts and feelings

unconditional positive reguard

a carring accepting non-judgemental attitude that carl rodgers believed would help clients develop self awareness and self acceptance