PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Systematic Desensitization, Exposure Therapy, Psychological Repression

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

Document Summary

Since early 60"s anipsychoic medicaions became widely available. Hospitals stays shorter now: readmission rate is about 50% Professions involved in psychotherapy: clinical psychologist (ph. D. : 7 years post graduate study, 1 year supervision & pass license exam, cannot yet prescribe in canada, psychiatrist, m. d. & mental health residency: can prescribe, psychiatric social worker, m. s. w. (2 years post graduate, psychiatric nurse, nursing degree & training in mental disorders, psychoanalyst, usually an m. d. Therapist & clients meet to efect change in clients. Change is modiicaion of: thoughts, feelings and/or behaviours. Uses a variety of methods to idenify & examine conlicts & repressed impulses: seeks self-insight as therapeuic for emoional/behavioural/relaionship problems. Methods: free associaion, paient verbally reports ongoing stream of though out of sight of therapist. Resistance blocks in free associaion because of anxiety: interpretaion. Analyst"s ideas about conlicts, resistances, impulses & dreams: to promote insight, transference. Paients transfer to the analysts of a patern of interacion from signiicant past relaionship.