Psychology 1100E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Therapeutic Relationship, Cognitive Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

Document Summary

Psychotherapy means healing of the soul or mind. Psychologists and psychiatrists among others, have appropriated the term. In ontario, there are now two controlled acts psychologists may perform. Psychiatrists are physicians with a specialty in psychiatry. Psychologists have a ph. d or psy. d in psychology. Psychologists are accountable to the college of psychologists. Psychiatrists are accountable to the college of physicians and surgeons. Basic idea is to help clients acquire self knowledge. The assumption is that self awareness will lead to relief from symptoms. The cure is worse than the problem. One"s defense mechanisms can become one"s whole personality. Expression of the opposite of what one really means. There they can be dealt with by a now more mature ego. Latent content - provides window to the unconscious. When the client confronts the monsters of the id, they turn out to be chipmunks not rats. It assumed that everyone has the capacity to do this.