Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Aversion Therapy, Unconditional Positive Regard, Token Economy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

The basic goal of all treatment approaches is to help people change maladaptive, self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and behavior patterns so that they can live happier and more productive lives. The relationship between the client and the person providing help is a prime ingredient of therapeutic success. There are two general approaches: psychotherapies. Emotional cognitive and behaviorally based: somatic therapies. The goal is to help clients achieve insight, the conscious awareness of the psychodynamic that underlie their problems. Insight may permit them to adjust their behavior to their current life situations, rather than continuing the old maladaptive routines learned in childhood. Analysts believe that psychic energy that was previously devoted to keeping the unconscious conflict under control can be released and redirected to more adaptive ways of living. Free association the procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship which may lead to clues concerning important themes or issues.