PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Psychodynamics, Psychoanalysis

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 202
• Professor: Kristin Vickers

Document Summary

Mental health therapies are classified as either psychological therapies or biomedical therapies. Some therapists blend several psychotherapy techniques and are said to take an eclectic approach. The goal of freud"s psychoanalysis, which is based on his personality theory, is to help the patient gain insight. Freud assumed that many psychological problems originate in childhood impulses and conflicts that have been repressed. Psychoanalysts attempt to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where they can be dealt with. Freud"s technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind is called free association. When in the course of therapy, a person omits shameful or embarrassing material, resistance is occurring. Insight is facilitated by the analyst"s interpretation of the meaning of such omissions, of dreams, and other information revealed during therapy. When strong feelings, similar to those experienced in other relationships, are developed toward the therapist, transference has occurred.