Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Fiber Bundle, Psychotherapy Research, Motor Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Counseling and clinical psychologists typically hold a ph. d. or psy. d. Psychiatrists medical doctors who specialize in psychotherapy and biomedical treatments. Therapist, counselor, psychotherapist, hypnotist are not protected terms. Apa membership: 29% eclectic (combined), 21% psychodynamic, 16% behavioural, 13% cognitive, 12% humanistic, 9% other. Goal is to help clients achieve insight (conscious awareness of psychodynamics that underlie their problems) Free association procedure of verbalizing all thoughts that enter consciousness without censorship. Freud sat out of sight from patient so thought processes would be determined by internal factors. Dream interpretation through free association of dream elements. Resistance defensive maneuvers that hinder the process of therapy. Transference psychoanalytic phenomenon in which a client responds irrationally to the analyst as if he were an important person from the client"s past who plays an important role in the client"s dynamics. Positive transference occurs when a client transfers intense affection, dependency, or love to the analyst.