Agenda – Tuesday, April 15th

Therapy Reading Quiz Overview of therapy perspectives Case study example Homework: NONE

St. Mary of Bethlehem – BEDLAM

Psychoanalysis

Cause of Behavior Behavior comes from unresolved conflicts,

usually stemming from childhood Goal of Treatment

Utilize free association and insight to understand current problems

Encouraged to talk openly about issues Therapist offers an interpretation of items

brought to the surface

Key Terms

When a patient unconsciously avoids discussing a topic

Patient transfers feeling for subject or person being discussed to the therapist

Resistance Transference

Which is which?

Humanistic (Client-Centered) Cause of Behavior

Positive growth and potential is blocked by an unfriendly environment

Everyone is able to grow into the best person they can be

Goal of Treatment Therapist gives unconditional positive

regard Promotes rational thinking as the solution

to problems Clients should solve their own problems by

the end

Key Terms

Echoing, restating, or clarifying what a client has just said. Helps acknowledge the feelings the person has

Psychotherapy with more than one client

Usually run by a layperson (aka non professional)

Allows people to cope and grow together

Active Listening Group Therapy

Behavioral

Cause of Behavior People have been punished and rewarded into

behaving and thinking in maladaptive ways Goal of Treatment

If it was conditioned into existence, it can be conditioned out

Use exposure therapies and desensitization to change how people behave around certain stimuli

Goal is to shape behavior http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtkLmXxIG4

Agenda – Thursday, April 17th Finish therapy perspective notes Alternative therapy readings Homework: Exam #5 MONDAY!!

Key Words

Replace a regular stimulus with one that provides negative results to increase fear or anxiety of it

Goal is to reduce unpleasant behaviors

People are provided with rewards upon changing and altering their behavior

This is how prisons and rehab centers function

Aversive Conditioning Token Economy

Cognitive Therapy

Cause of Behavior The way a person thinks and perceives the

world is leading to maladaptive behavior…leads to anxiety

Someone who believes it is acceptable to steal and murder needs to fix their thought patterns

Goal of Treatment To change the way someone thinks about a

stimulus AND the way they act around the stimulus

Behaviors and thoughts must be practiced

Key Words

People need to stop looking at the catastrophic effect of their behavior and focus instead on the positive

Beck’s Therapy for Depression

Biomedical

Cause of Behavior A chemical imbalance and/or medical

condition is causing someone’s behavior to be anxious, erratic, and uncontrollable

Behavior cannot be controlled or fixed through talk therapy

Goal of Treatment Medicine, prescriptions (such as

antianxiety, antidepressant, and antipsychotic drugs), and surgeries ensure control within the brain

Key Terms

Controversial therapy where patients receive brief, repetitive electric shocks to the brain to stop anxious feelings

Controversial therapy where a doctor relieves tension in the prefrontal cortex by inserting an icepick or sharp object through the eye socket and into the brain

ECT Prefrontal lobotomy

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Brief electrical current sent through

entire brain Used to treat Depression Effect is temporary, causes memory loss

& seizures

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)Only penetrates to the Brain’s surfaceNo Side Effects