Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Clinical Psychology, Dream Interpretation, In Essence

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

Document Summary

1 - help people change maladaptive, self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and behavioural patterns. 3 - most people do not seek help from mental health professionals. 4 - nearly 30% of north americans seeks psychological counseling. 5 - counseling and clinical psychologist: 5 years of extensive training in psychotherapy. 7 - psychiatric social workers: work in community agencies. 8 - marriage and family counselors: family relations. 10 - abuse counselors: substance and sexual abusers their victims. As introduced by freud, psychoanalysis involves the probing of the unconscious for the deep-seated conflicts that gave rise to a particular disorder. The classic freudian psychoanalysis is not practiced as much today. It is a long and expensive process that many therapists have abandoned. Nonetheless, it is useful to look at the steps involved (e. g. , dream analysis and free association) and how we begin to get to the unconscious. Many of the contemporary psychoanalytic therapies will borrow parts from traditional psychoanalysis.