PSYC 3083 : PSYC 3083 EXAM 1
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Clinical psychology: the application of psychological knowledge and tecniques to alleviate distress and promote health. Lightner witner: study of individuals by observation or experimentation with the intention of promoting change. Counseling psychology is unique in its attention both to normal and abnormal human development. // more clinical practice // less emphasis on research. Clinical psychologists use a variety of therapeutic techniques. Eclectic approach combines two or more techniques or models. Developed out of the psychoanalysis of sigmund freud. Psychodynamic see a patient once or twice a week. Psychoanalysis see a patient four or five times a week, more in depth (expensive) + how has the patient resolved the conflict? healthy/unhealthy (explore unconscious, what went on in childhood, free association, analysis of defenses and transferences). Defenses: anything that you do that helps you cope with anxiety. Projection: project what"s in your unconscious on someone else. Denial: (ex. cigarette smoking) doesn"t believe they"re affected.
