PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Unconditional Positive Regard, Aaron T. Beck, Defence Mechanisms

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Psych 101 psychological therapies friday march 31st. Verbal interactions between therapist and client lead to insights about the client"s difficulties and possible solutions. Psychoanalysis: recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives and defence mechanisms. Client-centred therapy: client determines the pace and direction of therapy; therapist provide supportive climate. Cognitive therapy: recognizing and changing negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs. Group therapy: simultaneous treatment of multiple clients. Benefit is achieved simply through talking no need for drugs. Psychoanalysis is the cornerstone of freud"s theory, anna o was the first patient to go through this by doctor joseph breuer. Trying to change the thought process in cognitive therapy. Group therapy came after wwii after there were many people in need. Freud practiced psychoanalysis for 50 years in vienna; still influential today in modified form. Treated patients with neuroses (anxiety & somatoform disorders). Symptoms caused by unresolved conflicts from childhood buried in the unconscious. Goal is to reorganize personality (3 to 5 years).