PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Borderline Personality Disorder, Gluten, Methylphenidate
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Chapter 14 treating disorders of mind and body. Construct hierarchy of increasing stressful situations as therapy for patient to try. Mix of techniques from 400 of them used psychodynamic therapy focuses on insight. Aly on couch to reduce inhibition and allow freer access to unconscious thoughts. Technique called free association and dream analysis. Hope to increase patients awareness of unconscious thoughts. New approach of offering smaller number of sessions and focusing on current relationships humanistic therapies focus on the whole person. Client centered therapy: by carl rogers, encourages people to fulfill their individual potentials for personal growth through greater self understanding. Focus on relationships patient attempt to avoid. Systematic desensitization: exposure technique that pairs the anxiety producing stimulus with relaxation techniques. Cognitive therapy: based on idea that distorted thoughts produce maladaptive behaviors and emotions. Cognitive restructuring: help patient recognize maladaptive thought patterns and replace them with ways of viewing the world that are more in tune with reality.
