PSYCH 1100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Brief Psychotherapy, Relationship Counseling, Doctor Of Psychology
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Counseling: focus more on personal strengths and development. Classical and operant conditioning to change behavior. Behavior modification / applied behavior analysis (aba) Cognitive restructuring: therapeutic technique that seeks to modify negative, irrational beliefs with more rational, adaptive ones. Thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are all connected. Behavior therapy applies learning principles to behavior problems. Psychotherapy: treatment designed to improve symptoms of a psychological disorder through conversation between the therapist and patient. 3-5 sessions, can be as little as 1. Family therapy: family members participate individually and in combination with other family members. Combines research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values. Lack of mental health professionals providing evidence based treatments. Some states are now allowing psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication (new. Mental health issues have a huge impact! 20% of americans seek treatment at some point in life, 4% are currently in treatment. Higher ses = more likely to seek treatment. On the whole, few sex/racial differences in who benefits.