PS101 Lecture Notes - Joseph Wolpe, Unconditional Positive Regard, Systematic Desensitization
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Types of treatments: insight- talk therapy -talk through situation, behavior- therapists work on changing people"s overt behaviours (ie. phobia) through procedures such as classical conditioning, biomedical- interventions into a person"s biological functioning ie. drug therapy or electroconvulsive (shock) therapy. Many pple see seeking therapy as admitting personal weakness. Therapists come from a variety of professional backgrounds. Clinical and councelling psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, psychiatric nurses, and councellors are the principal providers of therapeutic services. Psychologists-2 types: clinical psychologists-emphasizes the treatment of full-fledged disorders, counseling psychologists-training is slanted towards the treatment of everyday adjustment problems. Psychiatrists: -physicians who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders more likely to use psychoanalysis than group or behavior therapies. Defn: involve verbal interactions intended to enhance clients" self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior. Psychoanalysis- emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defences through techniques such as free association and transference.
