PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 101
• Professor: Quinton Wendy

Document Summary

Magical/ spiritual explanations: possession by demons, or evil spirits, poisoned your soul, how to treat it- exorcism or burnings. Psychological explanations: personality patterns, cognitive dysfunction, learned behaviors. Biological explanations: abnormalities in the brain, levels of hormones are off. Early treatment of mental disorders- the crib, tranquilizing chair, the swing- they were put in asylums-18th century. 19th century- humanitarian reform: unrestrained, clean hospital rooms. 20th century- advances: drug therapies, community mental health centers, psychotherapy as treatment. Any treatment in which a trained professional uses psychological techniques to help people in need- the talking cure (freud)- talking about it with trained professional alleviates it. Offer some kind of explanation for the clients suffering. Provide new perspective, chance to practice new behaviors. Professionals with masters degrees: psychiatric, clinical social workers, marriage & family counselors o. The therapist: expertise, match between style and clients personality. The client: quality of participation is a critical factor o. Psychoanalysis (freud: goal- to explore unconscious conflicts, motives defenses.