PS381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Aversion Therapy, Cognitive Therapy
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Clinical work that aligns itself with the study of human behaviour. Systemic desensitization: excellent efficacy and effectiveness. Operant tradition: classrooms, prisons, mental institutions, better for group processes. Would not be happy with cognitive behavior therapy because he believed everything was observable. Relationship between therapist and client: the bond, relationship and atmosphere is key. Use of multiple techniques: broad spectrum behavioural therapy. Detailed analysis: sorc model, needs to be replicable, very big on articulating with the use of psychometrics. In-vivo or in imagination: graded or maximal (flooding) Flooding would be someone who is afraid of snakes putting them in a bin with snakes: characteristics of effective exposure. Graduated: graduation isn"t as subtle, you don"t move back. Exposure therapy for panic disorder: client placed into anxiety causing situation, external cues. Interoceptive cues for panic: start to look at internal cues and exemplify them or exaggerate, same symptoms as a heart attack.
