PSYC 2000 Chapter : MODULE 53
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Freud believed the patient"s free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences and the therapist"s interpretations of them released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self -insight. Resistance is in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety - laden material. Interpretation is in psychoanalysis, the analyst"s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances, and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight. A feature of rogers" client - centered therapy. unconditional positive regard a caring, accepting, nonjudgmental attitude, which carl. Views an individual"s unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, other family members. Psychotherapy consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth. The major psychotherapies derive from the psychoanalytic, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive perspectives on psychology. Today, many therapists combine aspects of these perspectives in an eclectic approach or psychotherapy integration, sometimes in a group setting.
