PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Active Listening, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Classical Conditioning

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Rosalinde Klempan

Document Summary

Since early 60s anipsychoic medicaions became widely available. Hospital stays shorter now: readmission rate is about 50% & pass license exam cannot yet prescribe in canada. Therapist and clients meet to efect change in clients: thoughts &/or, feelings &/or, behaviors. Use a verity of methods to idenity and examine conlicts and repressed impulses: seeks self-insight as therapeuic for emoional/behavioral/relaionship problems. Paient verbally reports ongoing stream of thought out of sight of therapist. Resistance: block in free associaion because of anxiety: interpretaion. Analyst"s ideas about conlicts, resistances, impulses and dreams. Paient"s transfer to the analyst of a patern of interacion from signiicant past relaionship. Interacions are acted out and can be analyzed and a new relaionship developed. Many contemporary dynamic therapies are outgrowths of psychoanalysis: characterisics: Focus on: the present ( here and now ) & future vs past, conscious vs unconscious thoughts, uniqueness and responsibiliies, growth and self actualizaion. 1- empathy warmth: understand feeling and express understanding.