PSY 103 Lecture 15: PSY 103 - Chapter 15
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15- psychotherapy - april 13, 2017: all psychotherapies involve a helping relationship between a professional and a person in need of help (client) Insight - gaining insight, want behavior to change. 1: behavior - intervene at level of behavior, biomedical - meds. Clients in treatment do not necessarily have an identifiable psychological disorder. Most common psychological disorders; people seek treatment for excessive anxiety and depression. More likely to seek treatment women, people with medical insurance, and people with more education. Barriers to seeking treatment: lack of insurance, stigma . Psychologists & psychiatrists can give medicine, medical doctor. Both likely to use behavioral methods over psychoanalysis. Group therapy- simultaneous treatment of several or more clients. In group therapy, participants function like therapists for each other. Couples therapy- treatment of both partners in a committed, intimate relationship. Family therapy- treatment of family unit as a whole.
