Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dream Interpretation, Psychoanalysis, Therapeutic Relationship

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mike Atkinson

Document Summary

The basic goal of all treatment approaches is to help people change their maladaptive, self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and behaviour patterns so that they can live happier and more productive lives. The relationship between the client and the person providing the help (therapist) is a prime ingredient of therapeutic success. The psychodynamic approach to psychotherapy focuses on the internal conflict and the unconscious factors that underlie maladaptive behaviour. The main goal of psychoanalysis is to help clients achieve insight , which is the conscious awareness of the psychodynamics that underlie their problems. Such awareness of "repressed memories" and unresolved conflicts permits clients to adjust their behaviour to their current life situations, Free association - the procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorshipthis lack of censorship may allow for unconscious thoughts and feelings to slip outanalyst must analyze and interpret these thoughts.