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Psychotherapy def

art and science of using human relationships, conversations, and interation to ameliorate distress and effect change
Psychotherapies: Directive, Evocative
- Directive: directly at symptoms, instructions to reduce/change probl
- Evocative: growth and dev of whole person-> underlying personality change and symptoms will secondarily change
Psychoanalysis
- Oldest, long time
- Freud: every1 has unconscious aspects, managed with defenses
- Janet and Harcot, hypnosis
Psycholanalytic therapy (psychodynamic psychotherapy)
- more focused and integrates supportive, affirming techniques
- not as long
BEHAVIOR Therap
- DIRECTLY influencin observable behavior
- Joseph Wolpe: systematic desensitization
Joseph Wolf

systematic desensitization
Cognitive Therap

ID maladaptive and unreasonable ideas-> as a result affecting behavior and mood

automatic thoughts, maladaptice assumptions
Interpersonal Pscycotherapy (IPT)
- Klerman & Weissman
- Harry Stack Sullivan: interpersonal school
- have 1/4 problems:
- 1. unresolved grief: help mourn
- 2. social role disputes: help communicate
- 3. social role transition: modify expectations
- 4. interperonal deficity: help dec social isolation
Family/Couple Therap
- Family System Theory (Bowen Model): enmeshment v. austonomy (love traingle)
- General Systems Model: uncover internal rules, roles of each fam memb
- Psychodynamic Model: uncoscious patterns of anxiety and defense rooted in past