PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Deinstitutionalisation, Cognitive Therapy, Systematic Desensitization

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Anneke Olthof

Document Summary

Basic goal of all treatment approaches is to help people change 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 help is a prime ingredient of therapeutic success. Psychodynamic approach focuses on internal conflict and unconscious factors that underlie maladaptive behaviour. Sigmund freud"s psychoanalysis refers not only to freud"s theory of personality, but also the specific approach to treatment that he developed. The goal of psychoanalysis is to help the client achieve insight. Insight: in gestalt psychology, the sudden perception of a useful relationship or a solution to a problem; in psychoanalysis, the conscious awareness of unconscious dynamics that underlie psychological problems. Free association: in psychoanalysis, the procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship. Clients report verbally without censorship any thoughts, feelings, or images that entered awareness.