PSYCH 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fritz Perls, Systematic Desensitization, Cognitive Therapy
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Psychotherapy- an emotionally charges, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties. Eclectic approach- an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client"s problems, uses or integrates techniques from various forms of therapy (also know as psychotherapy integration. Psychoanalysis- freud believed the patient"s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences- and the therapist"s interpretations of them- released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self-insight. Resistance- blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material. Interpretation- that analyst"s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors in order to promote insight. Transference- the patient"s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships. Person-centered therapy- humanistic therapy developed by carl rogers; therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting. Active listening- empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies. Combines the psychoanalytic emphasis on bringing unconscious feelings to awareness and the humanistic emphasis on getting in touch with oneself .
