PSYC 1F90 Chapter 15: PSYC 1F90 Chapter 15
12 Jan 2016
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Early approaches to mental illness were dominated by superstition and. Psychotherapy: any psychological technique used to facilitate positive changes in a persons personality, behavior, adjustment. Demonology: study of demons and treatment of people with demons . Hysteria: (somatoform disorder) people with physical symptoms for which no physical causes can be found. Psychoanalysis: freudian therapy that emphasizes the use of free association, dream interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts. Free association: the technique of having a client say anything that comes to mind, regardless of how embarrassing or unimportant it may seem. Resistance: blockage in the flow of free association; topics the client resists thinking or talking about. Transference: tendency of patients to transfer feelings to a therapist that correspond to those the patient had for important persons in his or her past. Brief psychodynamic therapy: designed to produce insights more quickly. Interpersonal psychotherapy (ipt): designed to help people by improving their relationships with others.
