PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Spontaneous Remission, Unconditional Positive Regard, Mood Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Psychotherapy can be classified into three major categories: insight therapy. Client engages in complex verbal interactions with their. Talk therapy in the tradition of freud"s psychoanalysis regarding the nature of the client"s difficulties and to sort. The goal in these discussions is to pursue increased insight through possible solutions therapists: behaviour therapies. Behavioral therapists make direct effort to alter problematic responses (phobias) and maladaptive behaviour (dug use) They use classical conditioning, operant conditioning and. They work on changing clients" overt behaviour. Involves intervention into a person"s biological functioning. Most used procedures are drug therapy and electroconvulsive observational learning: biomedical therapies (shock) therapy. Various mental health professions: psychologists: two types of psychologists may provide therapy. Clinical psychologist: emphasizes the treatment of full-fledged disorders. Counseling psychologist: slanted toward the treatment of everyday adjustment problems. They both specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of the psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problem.