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Agenda – Tuesday, April 15th
Therapy Reading Quiz Overview of therapy perspectives Case study example Homework: NONE
Psychoanalysis
Cause of Behavior Behavior comes from unresolved conflicts,
usually stemming from childhood Goal of Treatment
Utilize free association and insight to understand current problems
Encouraged to talk openly about issues Therapist offers an interpretation of items
brought to the surface
Key Terms
When a patient unconsciously avoids discussing a topic
Patient transfers feeling for subject or person being discussed to the therapist
Resistance Transference
Humanistic (Client-Centered) Cause of Behavior
Positive growth and potential is blocked by an unfriendly environment
Everyone is able to grow into the best person they can be
Goal of Treatment Therapist gives unconditional positive
regard Promotes rational thinking as the solution
to problems Clients should solve their own problems by
the end
Key Terms
Echoing, restating, or clarifying what a client has just said. Helps acknowledge the feelings the person has
Psychotherapy with more than one client
Usually run by a layperson (aka non professional)
Allows people to cope and grow together
Active Listening Group Therapy
Behavioral
Cause of Behavior People have been punished and rewarded into
behaving and thinking in maladaptive ways Goal of Treatment
If it was conditioned into existence, it can be conditioned out
Use exposure therapies and desensitization to change how people behave around certain stimuli
Goal is to shape behavior http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtkLmXxIG4
Agenda – Thursday, April 17th Finish therapy perspective notes Alternative therapy readings Homework: Exam #5 MONDAY!!
Key Words
Replace a regular stimulus with one that provides negative results to increase fear or anxiety of it
Goal is to reduce unpleasant behaviors
People are provided with rewards upon changing and altering their behavior
This is how prisons and rehab centers function
Aversive Conditioning Token Economy
Cognitive Therapy
Cause of Behavior The way a person thinks and perceives the
world is leading to maladaptive behavior…leads to anxiety
Someone who believes it is acceptable to steal and murder needs to fix their thought patterns
Goal of Treatment To change the way someone thinks about a
stimulus AND the way they act around the stimulus
Behaviors and thoughts must be practiced
Key Words
People need to stop looking at the catastrophic effect of their behavior and focus instead on the positive
Beck’s Therapy for Depression
Biomedical
Cause of Behavior A chemical imbalance and/or medical
condition is causing someone’s behavior to be anxious, erratic, and uncontrollable
Behavior cannot be controlled or fixed through talk therapy
Goal of Treatment Medicine, prescriptions (such as
antianxiety, antidepressant, and antipsychotic drugs), and surgeries ensure control within the brain
Key Terms
Controversial therapy where patients receive brief, repetitive electric shocks to the brain to stop anxious feelings
Controversial therapy where a doctor relieves tension in the prefrontal cortex by inserting an icepick or sharp object through the eye socket and into the brain
ECT Prefrontal lobotomy
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Brief electrical current sent through
entire brain Used to treat Depression Effect is temporary, causes memory loss
& seizures
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)Only penetrates to the Brain’s surfaceNo Side Effects