PSY 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fritz Perls, Aversion Therapy, Countertransference
17 Nov 2016
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Placed in asylums starting in the 1500s. Treatments: bloodletting, beatings, ice baths, induced vomiting. Therapy: treatment methods aimed at making people feel better and function more. Psychotherapy: therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem talks with a psychological professional: insight therapies, action therapy. Biomedical therapy: therapy for mental disorders in which a person with a problem is treated with biological or medical methods to relieve symptoms. Psychoanalysis: insight therapy based on the theory of freud, emphasizing the revealing of unconscious conflicts: free association, resistance, transference and countertransference. Directive: actively giving interpretations, even suggesting certain behavior or actions. Psychodynamic therapy: newer and more general term for therapies based on psychoanalysis: emphasis on transference, defense mechanisms, and early attachment relationships, shorter treatment times. Person-centered therapy: a nondirective insight therapy: real self vs ideal self congruence, carl rogers & gloria, four elements. Authenticity: the genuine, open, and honest response of the therapist to the client.
