PSYC 3210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Asian Americans, Demography Of The United States
4 Apr 2018
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Psychology 3210 chapter 13: culture and treatment for psychological disorders. Culture and psychotherapy: psychotherapy: a method of healing that emphasizes an explicit focus on the self, the key method of psychotherapy is healing through talking. Traditional psychotherapy: cognitive behavioral therapy: interventions that emphasize the development of strategies for teaching cognitive skills, underlying these types of therapy is an assumption that by changing our thinking we can change our behaviors, and vice versa. If the goal of psychotherapy is to help people to become more functional within their society, then functionality itself is culturally determined. Psychotherapy in diverse cultures: some have argued that incorporating religion into psychotherapy can provide valuable tools for dealing with psychological distress, culturally modified psychotherapies were more effective than non-modified psychotherapy to treat depressive disorders. Psychotherapy in diverse cultures in the united states: an example of within culture. American and latinos with improvement as good as for european americans.
