PSY E111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Psychological Repression, Countertransference
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Dream interpretation: analysis of the elements within a patient"s reported dream (manifest and latent content. Free association: information released from patients that were loosely associated with their flow of ideas; repressed impulses and other material were trying to break free into consciousness and would eventually surface using this technique. Resistance: point at which the patient becomes unwilling to talk about certain topic. Transference: therapist becomes a symbol of parental authority figure from the past. Countertransference: therapist has a transference reaction to the patient. Directive: asking questions, suggesting helpful behaviour, and giving opinions and interpretations earlier in the relationship. Psychodynamic therapy: psychoanalysis"s who focus on the process of transference more than on other typical typically shorter in duration than traditional psychoanalysis. Interpersonal psychotherapy (ipt): developed to address depression; insight therapy focused on relationships of the individual with others and the interplay between mood and the events of everyday life.
