PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring
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Two basic categories of treatment technique = psychological and biological. Psychotherapy: generic name given to formal psychological treatment; helping the client understand their symptoms and providing solutions. Biological therapies: treatment based on medical approaches to illness and to disease. Psychopharmacology: use of medications that affect brain or body functions. Increased understanding of the causes of mental disorders does not necessarily lead to more effective treatment strategies. > freud psychoanalysis: uncovering unconscious feelings and drives that resulted in maladaptive thoughts and behaviours; increase clients" awareness of unconscious processes and how they affect daily functioning. > free association: client would say whatever came to mind. > dream analysis: therapist interprets the hidden meaning of the client"s dreams. > insight: goal of some types of therapy; a patient"s understanding of their own psychological processes. > psychodynamic therapy helps people understand why they are distressed. Humanistic therapies focus on the whole person.
