PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Cognitive Therapy, Diazepam, Olanzapine
16 Apr 2017
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Insight therapies- general term referring to therapy that involves dialogue between client and therapist for the purposes of gaining awareness and understanding of psychological problems and conflicts. The formal beginning of insight therapy came with development of psychoanalysis by. Psychodynamic therapies- forms of insight therapy that emphasize the need to discover and resolve unconscious conflicts. Freud hypothesized that much of our consciousness occurs at the unconscious level, outside of our conscious awareness. Many fundamental urges (like sexuality, appetites, and aggression, were thought to be constantly influencing how we think and behave, although we would not be explicitly aware of these processes. Because these urges are generally socially unacceptable, we would actively protect ourselves from becoming aware of them through a variety of psychological defenses. As a result, the true causes of our behaviour, and thus our psychological issues, lie in the unconscious. Freud based their practice on some core ideas.
