Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Social Skills, Aversion Therapy, Systematic Desensitization

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

The quality of the therapeutic relationship, the therapy technique used, and the client"s commitment to change all influence the outcome. Help clients achieve insight (the conscious awareness of the psychodynamics that underlie their problems) Clues to the contents of the unconscious are found in the stream of thoughts we experience. Dreams express impulses, fantasies, and wishes the client"s defenses keep in the unconscious during waking hours. Resistance: defensive manoeuvers that hinder the process of therapy. A sign that anxiety-arousing sensitive material is being approached. Transference: when the client responds irrationally to the analyst as if they were an important figure from the client"s past. Positive transference: when a client transfers feelings of intense affection. Interpretation: any statement by the therapist intended to provide the client with insight into their behavior. Interpersonal therapy: focuses on the client"s current interpersonal problems. View humans as capable of consciously controlling their actions.