PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Mental Health Counselor, Operant Conditioning, Aaron T. Beck
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Can prescribe medication because they are an md: medical doctor, went to medical school. Why people cannot or will not seek treatment: may not believe disorder needs treatment o. Barriers present access to treatment: don"t know enough about treatment to be able to get it. Beliefs may keep someone from seeking treatment. Medical/biological: disorder is treated with drugs or surgery. Goal is to help clients achieve insight, the conscious awareness of the psychodynamics that underlie problems. How can a therapist develop insight? o. Client reports what enters mind without censorship or filtering. Dream analysis: disguised clues to unconscious. Resistance: defensive maneuvers that hinder the process of therapy o o o. Therapist tries to pull those uncomfortable things into the conscious mind. Transference: the client responds to the analyst as if she or he were an important figure from the client"s life: most important process in psychoanalysis!!! o o. The therapist may become the focus of emotions.
