Therapy

Western Approach

Psychotherapy

• Treatment involving psychotically techniques

• Consists of interactions between a therapist and the person

Biomedical Therapy

• Prescribes medications or procedures that act directly on the person psychologically

Eclectic approach - both psychotherapy and biomedical approach

Rechniques of Psychoanalogy

Person-centered (client centered) Therapy

• Active listening, within a accepting, genuine, empathetic to facilitate clients growth

• Provide an accepting environment

Behavior therapies

• Anything that works on changing a behavior

Classical conditioning

Exposure Therapies

• Treat anxieties by exposing people to things they fear and avoid

• A treatment to panic attacks to VR

Systematic Desensitization

Aversive Conditioning

• if an alcoholic wants to quit, put a drug in their drink that makes them sick, that way they connect being sick with alcohol

Operant Conditioning Techniques

• Desired behavior is reinforced

• Based on operant conditioning principles

Cognitive Therapy

• Lead someone into an ideal mindset that the person is “in charge and can make changes”

• Very big on self talk (no stinking thinking)

Evaluating Psychotherapies

• Client’s culture, values, personal identity, preferences, circumstances

• Clinical expertise of the therapist

• Best available research evidence

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