PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Systematic Desensitization, Psychosurgery

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

Psychodynamic technique: the goal of psychodynamic therapy is to achieve insight into unconscious conflicts. Free association refers to a technique in which the patient is encouraged to say whatever comes to mind to reveal the unconscious processes of the patient. Interpretation: therapist interprets the thoughts, and feelings of the patient in order to reveal the hidden conflicts and motivations. Analysis of transference: patients bring into therapy their past troubled relationships; these are transferred to the therapist. Humanistic therapy: roger"s client-centered therapy, therapeutic climate, genuineness, unconditional positive regard, empathy, therapeuticprocess. Guidance, clarification, become more comfortable with genuine self. Behaviour therapies: classical conditioning techniques can alter emotional responses. Exposure: patient is exposed to the stimulus that they fear (locked in a room full of snakes) Cognitive therapies: we only do things that have a pay-off, focus of cognitive therapies is on changing dysfunctional thought patterns, rational emotive therapy focuses on the hurtful thought patterns of the patient.