(10) 5.5a Intro to Therapy, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic

  • Deinstitutionalization

    • Moving people with psych disorders out of institutional facilities

  • Psychotherapy

    • Interaction between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth

  • Biomedical Therapy

    • Prescribed medication or procedure that acts directly on the person’s physiology

  • Eclectic Approach

    • Techniques from different types of therapies

  • Psychoanalysis

    • Patient’s unconsciousness released previously repressed feelings, allowing them to gain insight

  • Resistance

    • The blocking of consciousness of anxiety material

  • Interpretation

    • The analyst’s noting supposed meanings

  • Transferrance

    • Patient transfers some of the feelings from a past relationship into the relationship with their therapist

      • Only happens when comfortable

  • Humanistic Therapies

    • Provides more individualism in treatment planning - all about self-growth

  • Insight Therapies

    • Aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses

  • Person-centered Therapy

    • Active listening within an accepting, genuine, and emphatic (AGE) environment to facilitate growth

  • Active Listening

    • Emphatic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies