PS101 Chapter 15: Chapter 15 - Treating Disorders
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Insight therapies (talk therapy: psychoanalysis: treatment designed to uncover the unconscious conflicts causing anxiety. Genuineness: trust therapist, honest rather than fake. Unconditional positive regard: acceptance no matter what, value what client is feeling, regardless of how therapist feels, sensitive. Empathy: uh huh , i see , i understand , head nodding, lets patient know the therapist is listening. Paraphrasing/reflection: therapist reflects back on what patient said, allows clients to see themselves in a mirror to realize the issue. What"s good about you and how to enhance those qualities. Client"s role: be the therapist, clients feel supported by other clients. Therapist"s role: be in the background, the group becomes more cohesive - greater social support. 1: behaviour therapy (changing learned, maladaptive behaviours through new learned adaptive behaviours) Systematic desensitization: step-by-step procedure to reduce sensitivity to a fear stimulus, fear stimuli and relaxation are paired at each step of hierarchy, anxiety hierarchy.
