Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Dyskinesia, Alprazolam, Limbic System

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Treating the disorder by a means of intervention, such as drugs or surgery: psychotherapy. Therapist takes particular approach to the problem. Psychoanalytic therapy: psychoanalysis involves the probing of the unconscious for the deep seeded conflicts that give rise to a particular disorder. Long and extensive, and a little insulting: dream analysis. Allows you to get at the root of your ingrained issues. Try to understand what the symbols in your dreams really mean. Where the problems lie: free association. Procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship. Up to analyst to listen well for things like pausing at a sensitive subject, that may show that"s a place to look into: for example, talking about random people and start to pause when mentions father. Analyst makes a statement to promote insight in the client. Guide them to a deeper understanding of themselves: transference. When patient transfers thoughts from dreams or thoughts about other people onto the analyst.