PSYC-339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychotherapy, Therapeutic Relationship, Dream Interpretation
20 Sep 2017
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Better support for coping mechanisms: such as denial (refuse to believe they have a. Placed an emphasis on intrapsychic conflict: different parts of the mind came into. The purpose of therapy was insight (to tell the patient what their issue is which is. Sigmund freyud: use of hypnosis and interpretation (ie dreams) to access the unconscious mind. Early work more thorough than later theory (began to have confirmation bias) conflict unconscious) and catharsis (intense emotional release due to insight) Emphasis on defense mechanisms: #1 was repression to freud: the burying of earlier memories (ie infants repress the trauma of birth). There is no scientific support for this: very few people can forget the trauma they experience-they wish they could. Regression also has low support: belief that when one is stressed one will return to a younger age. problem), rationalization (the reason for x is y)
