Psychology 2035A/B Chapter 15: Chapter15

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

The elements of the treatment process: all psychotherapies involve a helping relationship (the treatment) between a professional with special training and another person in need of help. Treatments: how many types are there: some people say there are as many as over 400 types of therapy. Insight therapies involve verbal interactions intended to enhance clients" self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behavior. Say anything that comes to mind without censorship: dream analysis: the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client"s dreams. Group therapy: the simultaneous treatment of several or more clients in a group. Evaluating insight therapies: greatest improvement in early therapy, studies consistently indicate that insight therapy is superior to no treatment or to placebo treatment and that the effects of therapy are reasonably durable. Therapy and the recovered memories controversy: reports of people recovering repressed memories of sexual abuse and other childhood trauma through therapy.