PSY 1102 Study Guide - Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Unearth, Joseph Wolpe

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Criticism: to long several years and too lengthy: this is shorter. 30 years nobody used it until joseph wolpe: systematic desensitization (an exposure therapy) someone is terrified of the dentist and there are three steps to help her: 1st: progressive relaxation teach her to relax 100% 2nd: construct a hierarchy ask her to tell them when she is the least afraid and the most. 3rd: when in relaxed state - start with the smallest fear on the list. Ultimately you practice in actual situation: aversive conditioning . Replace a positive response to a harmful stimulus (such as alcohol) with a negative or aversive response. Antabuse: if you take it you feel very sick and vomity give them whiskey and put this in it and do it time and time again until the mere thought of drinking alcohol causes them to feel nauseous. Eight weeks 50% of those under going psychotherapy versus 4% who higher were not: ex.