5.5a - Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Introduction to Therapy, and Psychodynamic and Humanistic Therapies

deinstitutionalization

process of moving ppl with psychological disorders out of institutional facilities

-began late 1900s

psychotherapy

treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions btwn a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

biomedical therapy

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

eclectic approach

blends techniques from various forms of therapy in psychotherapy

psychoanalysis

• Freud therapeutic technique

• patient’s free associations/dreams/resistances/transferences/analyst’s interpretations → release previously repressed feelings

• gain self-insight

resistance

prevent repressed memories/thoughts from surfacing

_{^{blocking anxiety-laden material from consciousness (psychoanalysis)}}

ex) edit thoughts, pause/go blank, omit info, joke/change subject

interpretation

analyst’s noting of supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors/events in an effort to promote insight (psychoanalysis)

transferences

the patient’s transfer of emotions linked with other relationships _{^{(e.g. love/hatred for a parent)}} to the analyst

psychodynamic therapy

therapy deriving from psychoanalytic tradition

• individuals responding to unconscious forces/childhood experiences

• past/dreams

• seeks to enhance self-insight

insight therapies

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

person-centered therapy

humanistic therapy where the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within an accepting, genuine, empathic environment to facilitate clients’ growth (Carl Rogers)

active listening

empathic listening in which the listener echoes/restates/seeks clarification (Rogers)

unconditional positive regard

a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude so clients can develop self-awareness and self-acceptance (Rogers)