PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Unconditional Positive Regard, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
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I(cid:374)terperso(cid:374)al psychotherapy has replaced so(cid:373)e of freud"s (cid:373)ethods with a focus o(cid:374) Humanistic/ existential therapies: psychoanalysis assumes a negative view of human nature, humanistic psychologists emphasize the importance of striving for personal improvement, person-centred therapy assumes individual have a tendency toward growth; centres on acceptance and genuine reactions from therapist. Behavioral/cognitive therapies: most common type of psychotherapy in canada. Bc of wealth of evidence suggesting their efficacy: behavioral/cognitive therapy relies on behaviorism-the study of observable, measurable variables. Focus on changing behavior cognition: behavioral therapy mostly centres around conditioning, operant conditioning. Rewards for positive behavior, punishment for negative. Rewarding positive behavior with vouchers: classical conditioning. Exposure therapy (exposed to fear to show this fear wont cause any harm) Cognitive therapy: works to change unhealthy/irrational thought processes, a therapeutic approach teaches clients to question automatic beliefs, assumptions, and predictions that lead to negative emotions, replacing irrational negative thoughts with rational positive one.