PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Operant Conditioning, Token Economy, Systematic Desensitization

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1
• Professor: tucker

Document Summary

Goals: to bring patients" repressed feelings into conscious awareness; to help patients release energy devoted to id-ego-superego conflicts so they may achieve healthier, less anxious lives. Techniques: historical reconstruction, initially through hypnosis and later through free association; interpretation of resistance, transference. Goals: to help people understand current symptoms; to explore and gain perspective on defended-against thoughts and feelings. Techniques: client-centered face-to-face meetings; exploration of past relationship troubles to understand origins of current difficulties. Influenced by traditional psychoanalysis but differs from it in many ways. Lack of belief in id, ego, and superego. Briefer, less expensive, and more focused on helping the client find relief from current symptoms. Helps clients understand how past relationships create themes that may be acted out in present relationships. Brief 12- to 16-session form of psychodynamic therapy that has been effective in treating depression. Theme: emphasis on people"s potential for self-fulfillment; to give people new insights.