PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Lorazepam, Alprazolam, Countertransference
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Goals and sources of help: goal of treatment, help change maladaptive thoughts, feelings, behaviours, resources, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychological associates, social workers, therapists, counselors, therapy is a relationship: Technique 2: resistance: client tries to maintain status quo, resistance, defensive maneuvers, unwillingness or inability to discuss certain topics, sign that anxiety arousing material is being approached, analyst tries to break down resistance, enables patient to face painful ideas desires and experiences. Technique 4: transference and countertransference: transference, client respond irrationally to the therapist like he/she was important figure from client"s past, two types of transference, positive: feeling of affection, dependency, love, negative: irrational expression of anger, hatred, disappointment, difficult task for the analyst: handle emotional experience, delicate balance power differential and vulnerability, have to help patient to interpret feelings and the source from earlier experiences (from childhood, countertransference, about the analyst, over time has feelings (good/bad, have to treat themselves, can be a role model for achieving insight, careful about boundaries/ethics.
