PSYC 1160 Quiz: Psychotherapy.docx
3 Apr 2014
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Psychotherapy (only went up to page 697-read the rest) Verbal interaction between a professional counselor and one or more persons suffering from a psychological disorder . Gender, ethnicity, and culture: women over men or more likely to seek help, both sexes benefit equally, asians and aboriginals are less likely to seek help than caucasians. Spontaneous remission improvement without psychotherapy attributed to positive life events. Who practices psychotherapy: clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, and clinical social workers with professional degrees and licenses, sometimes rehabilitation counselors. What does it take to be an effective therapist: establish a positive working relationship with patients, warm and direct, and do not contradict their patients, match the treatments to the needs and characteristics of the patients. Evaluating effectiveness: psychotherapy research: defining what effective means. Acceptance of one"s self: who judges whether change has taken place friends, family, teachers, employers. Often times, psychoanalytic therapists use 6 primary approaches: free association:
