PS101 Lecture Notes - Psychotherapy, Agoraphobia, Psychoanalysis
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Free association (spontaneous expression of thoughts and feelings) first thing that comes to mind: mall=corn, father= lost. Dream analysis act out the unconscious in dreams using symbols: umbrella-phallic- male. Transference (unconscious transfer of emotions etc. onto therapist) I hate you, you lost me in a corn field ***: transferring anger from father to the therapist, good breakthrough because the client can express emotion without the fear of retaliation. Client centered therapy (mental illness caused by incongruence)-inconsistency between how others see you and how you see youself genuineness- trust. 1 to let the person know that you are listening paraphrasing/ reflection paraphrasing what they are saying for feedback: cognitive therapy (mental illness is caused by irrational thoughts ellis: Overgeneralization- drawing negative conclusion from one piece of information. Catastrophizing- making the biggest thing out of the littlest things. Do these thoughts have rational support? irrational: lost ;challenge: cell phones/security best thing= have fun.
