PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Family Therapy, Personal Development, Interpersonal Relationship
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Who does this stuff anyway: psychiatrists, clinical psychologists. Most other types of psychologists do not do therapy i. e. social and cognitive: social workers, counseling psychologists, marriage and family therapists, school counsellors, psychiatric nurses, psyds. What is psychotherapy: we watched a video from the sopranos. Definition of psychotherapy: an intentional one-sided interpersonal relationship to aid in problems in living. Therapist should not get anything out of it. Different from just giving someone advice: a psychological treatment with the goal of relieving emotional or cognitive symptoms, changing behaviour, improving social and vocational functioning, and/or personal growth. Not being able to go to work. Being mindful: most commonly, the goal is to achieve the intrapersonal goals of the client. Many are derivations: psychoanalysis/psychodynamic, humanistic, cbt, mindfulness, dbt, couples therapy, family therapy. How does it work: empathic, interpersonal skills, there are studies where they have trained adolescents to do therapy. We use science to give us evidence-based practice.
