PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Exposure Therapy

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

Psychodynamic therapy: ask abt early childhood cuz believe that unresolved issue @ childhood -> cause psych disturbance -> (goal) patient insight abt what cause disturbance = solve. Fixation + adult personality: modern psychodynamic therapy: dual goal of ipt (interpersonal psychotherapy) Most common type of psychotherapy: behavioural therapy - mostly centres around conditioning -> [a] operant conditioning: reward vs punishment = +ve vs -ve behaviour -> token economy. > underlying belief: the statement made is not true for anyone -> therapist try to replace irrational & -ve thought w/ rational & +ve ones. B/c t relies on behaviourism - study of observable & measurable variables -> focus @ changing behaviour/action or cognition/thought to combat mental illness. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (cbt): behavioural + cognitive orientations; most common psych treatment for depression & anxiety; prob focused, action oriented, transparent (tell patient why they are asked to do sth unlike psychoanalysis)