Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Aversion Therapy, Systematic Desensitization, Unconditional Positive Regard

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Basic goal of treat is to help people change maladaptive, self-defeating thoughts, feelings, and behaviour patterns so that they can live a happier and more productive life. Majority of people first seek help from family members, physicians, members of a clergy, acquaintances, or self-help groups. Counselling and clinical psychologists have phd and psyd degree. Psychiatrists are medical doctors specialized in psychotherapy and in biomedical treatments (drugs) Goal of psychoanalysis is to help clients achieve insight (conscious awareness of the psychodynamics that underlie the problem) Free association (report verbally without censorship any thoughts, feelings, or images that entered their awareness); provide clues concerning important themes and issues. Dream interpretation (express impulses, fantasies, and wishes that the client"s defences keep in the unconscious during waking hours); royal road to the unconscious . Resistance (defensive manoeuvres that hinder the process of therapy) ; sign that anxiety- arousing sensitive material is being approached.