PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Active Listening, List Of Ongoing Armed Conflicts, Dream Interpretation
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Doctoral degree in clinical psychology; provides therapy for people with mental disorders. Doctoral degree in psychological or educational counseling; counsels people with milder problems such as academic, job, and relationship problems. Medical degree with residency in mental health; provides therapy for people with mental disorders; only therapist who can prescribe drugs or other biomedical treatment. Any of the above credentials, but with training from a psychoanalytic institute; provides psychoanalytic therapy for psychological disorders. Clinical social worker master"s or doctoral degree in social work with specialized training in counseling; helps with social problems (e. g. , family problems) Biomedical therapy: involves the use of biological interventions such as drugs. Assumes the people have learned maladaptive thought patterns and emotions, which are revealed in maladaptive behaviours. Behaviours reflective of some deeper psychological issue and when patient understands the true cause (i. e. , gains insight) the maladaptive behaviours will subside.
