PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Dorothea Dix, Philippe Pinel, Exposure Therapy

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

Document Summary

Transition from brutal to gentler treatments occurred thanks to the efforts of reformers such as philippe pinel and dorothea dix. Constructing mental hospitals for more humane treatment methods. Two main categories of therapy today: psychotherapy: psychological techniques are used to overcome difficulties or achieve personal growth, biomedical therapy: prescribed medication or medical procedure that acts directly on patient"s nervous system. Eclectic approach : uses techniques from various forms of therapy. Freud believed many problems are fueled by childhood"s impacts. Sought to bring these repressed feelings into conscious awareness. Free association: you relax and say aloud whatever comes to mind. Resistance : the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material. Interpret : the analyst"s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight. Latent content : underlying but censored meaning of dreams. Transferring : the patient"s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other.