Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Aversion Therapy, Joseph Wolpe, Unconditional Positive Regard

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Basic goal: change maladaptive, self-defeating thoughts, feelings and behaviour patterns so they can live happier and be more productive in life. Counselling and clinical psychologists doctor of philosophy or doctor of psychology. 5+ years of training and supervision in psychotherapeutic techniques and research. Psychiatrists medical doctors specializing in psychotherapy and biomedical treatments. Goal: help patients achieve insight the conscious awareness of the psychodynamics that underlie their problem. Verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship. Dreams express impulses, fantasies, and wishes that a person"s defence"s will thought to provide clues of important themes or issues in patients mind keep in the unconscious threatening material in dreams is generally still protected to prevent anxiety. Defensive maneuvers to hinder the process of therapy. Transference: sign of anxiety-arousing sensitive material is being approached client responds irrationally to the analyst as if they are an important figure from client"s past.