PSYCH-190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Unconditional Positive Regard, Active Listening, Psych
16 Oct 2020
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Leads to incongruence, the inability to accept self as is. Help person to achieve congruence , accept themselves for who they are. Requires a great deal of commitment from both client and therapist. Faulty, dysfunctional, irrational thinking that underlies dysfunctional emotions/behaviors. Replace the old (dysfunctional, irrational) thinking with new (functional, rational) thinking strategies. A (activating event) => b (beliefs both rational and irrational) => c (consequences emotional and behavioral. Or => b => d (disputing wonky beliefs leads to ) => e (a new emotional state) History of conditioning and reinforcement for dysfunctional behaviors and associations. Pair undesirable behavior with positive or negative stimuli to replace conditioned response. Systematic desensitization: wolpe (1958) also called exposure therapy. Move from least to most anxiety provoking situation. Sustained exposure to anciety-provoking stimuli, either real or imagined until anxiety goes away. Counteract bad habits (e. g. , addictions) by pairing desired stimulus with aversive one. When you drink alcohol you feel nauseas.
