PSYC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, Gestalt Psychology
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Treatment of psychological disorders: treating psychological disorders, commonalities in all therapies, goal is always to help change maladaptive, self-defeating patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior happier, more productive life. All psychological treatments also involve: therapeutic relationship of client & therapist, i. e. therapist is there to help, use of therapeutic techniques, techniques vary widely; depends on therapist"s perspective in psychology, therapists. People often talk to friends, family, physicians, clergy, or self-help group before a professional: types of professionals, clinical (or counselling) psychologist, ph. d. or psy. d. with 5+ years training in different therapeutic/assessment techniques. Psychiatrist: hold a medical degree (m. d. ) prescribe drugs, also trained in psychotherapeutic techniques. Social workers, family/marital/pastoral/ substance abuse counsellors: typically, 2+ years training for master"s degree. Psychodynamic therapies: psychoanalysis, goal of psychoanalysis is to achieve insight, conscious awareness of the psychodynamic forces underlying one"s current issues, allows one to adjust behavior; act according to the current situation, rather than repeating past, many different techniques:
