Treating Psychological Problems

Psychotherapy

Goals:

• Change thought process and feelings

• Adjust behavior

• Talk to a professional

Biological Method

Goals:

• Alleviate problem through the nervous system

• Use of drugs, etc.

Psychoanalytic Approach

The psychoanalytic approach uses insight to gain self-awareness.

Dream analysis is a key component. People don’t realize stuff about the unconscious, but stuff in your dream subtly influences your life.

Humanistic Approach

Reach your full potential by changing your behavior. Hierarchy of needs need to be fulfilled before people can be considered OK.

Cognitive

Productive thinking includes REBT, arbitrary interference, selective abstraction, and overgeneralization.

Behavior

Modify and adaptive behavior. Change the thoughts to change your mind.

• Counter-conditioning - replace an undesirable emotional response to a stimulus with a more desirable response.

• Desensitization - ease someone into

• Modeling

• Aversive Conditioning

Biological Therapy

Medication, electric shock, and surgery

• Antianxiety (medication)

• Antidepressants (medication)

• Lithium (really strong drug)

• Antipsychotic (medication)

• Psychosurgery (lobotomy)