Mod 70: Intro to Therapy, Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies

psychotherapy

treatment involving psychological techniques

interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome difficulties

biomedical therapy

prescribed medications or procedures that act directly on the person’s physiology

eclectic approach

an approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy

psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud's therapeutic technique. Freud believe the patient's free association, resistances, dreams, and transferences and the therapist interpretations of them release previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self insight

resistance

the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material

interpretation

the analysts noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight

psychodynamic therapy

therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition. views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences and seeks to enhance self-insight

transference

the patient's transfer to the analysis of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)

insight therapies

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

client centered therapy

a humanistic therapy developed by Carl Rogers where the therapist uses technique such as active listening within an accepting genuine empathetic environment to facilitate client's growth

active listening

empathetic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies

unconditional positive regard

a caring, accepting, non-judgmental attitude, which Carl Rogers believed would help clients develop self-awareness and self acceptance