PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Operant Conditioning, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Exposure Hierarchy
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Goal of treatment: help change maladaptive thoughts, feelings, behaviours. Psychologists: works under large organizations, focuses on more serious disorders. Psychiatrists: medical degree specialized in psychiatry, can prescribe drugs/medication. Psychological associates: has done years of psychological therapy. Counsellors: deals with anxiety, family issues, softer issues. Social workers: connection between location (integration to communities/families) Process of therapy: relationship between client & psychologist & technique. Clients + therapist -> therapeutic relationship + therapy technique -> therapeutic outcome. Insight = conscious awareness of psychodynamics underlying problems: repression, how you handle conflicts, suppressing at an unconscious level. Latent (hidden meaning: therapists helps client understand the symbolic meaning of the dream, transference, client responds irrationally to therapist like he/she was i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t figure fro(cid:373) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s past, positive transference, feelings of affection, dependency, love, negative transference. Interpretation: example: interpersonal therapy, fo(cid:272)uses al(cid:373)ost e(cid:454)(cid:272)lusi(cid:448)el(cid:455) o(cid:374) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t relatio(cid:374)ships (cid:449)ith important people in their lives, sees social relationships, acceptance and respect as critical.
