PSYC 2310 Lecture : PSYCH 1200 - CH 14.doc
31 Mar 2012
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Counseling & clinical psychologists typically hold a phd; know variety of psychotherapeutic techniques + training in research & psychological assessment techniques. Psychiatrists medical doctors who specialize in psychotherapy & biomedical treatments (i. e. drug therapy) Difficulty evaluating psychotherapies because: hard to standardize (each case is different); difficulty measuring effects of psychology. Psychiatric social workers, marriage & family counselors, & abuse counselors. Psychodynamic approach focuses on internal conflict & unconscious factors that underlie maladaptive behavior. Insight conscious awareness of psychodynamics that underlie problems. Free association (freud) clients recline on a couch & report verbally w/o censorship any thoughts, feelings, or images. Resistance defensive manoeuvres that hinder/delay process of therapy. Transference client responds irrationally to the analyst as if they were an important figure from the client"s past. Psychoanalysts believe dreams express impulses, fantasies, & wishes kept in unconscious. Positive transference client transfers feelings of intense affection, dependency, or live to the analyst. Negative transference irrational expressions of anger, hatred, or disappointment.
