PSC 165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Motivational Interviewing, Therapeutic Relationship, Cognitive Dissonance
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Goal of therapeutic assessment - help someone understand themselves better, feel better, and accomplish some kind of goal. Wanted to equalize relationship w/ therapist & client. Didn"t want client to just be passive & therapist expert. Humanistic psychology - idea that part of ourselves aims toward growth. Like a plant needs water & sunlight to grow. Interpersonal psychology - understand what"s happening within a person, understand what dyads are like, Assessment - what happens between 2 people. Different challenge because clients don"t always recognize there"s a problem. Have to start inside of person, motivate them, & encourage them to internalize it. Technique - combine personality assessment w/ principles of psychotherapy. Have relationship w/ client, help someone understand themselves, make it collaborative, you"re the expert on yourself & i"m the expert on psychotherapy, let"s work together to figure this out . He denied having hard time on test because his dad taught him to not complain.
