Therapy
Objectives:
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Discuss the aims and methods of psychoanalysis, and explain the critics’ concerns with this form of therapy.
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Identify the basic characteristics of humanistic therapies as well as the specific goals and techniques of client-centered therapy.
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Identify the basic assumptions of behavioral therapy, and discuss the classical conditioning techniques of systematic desensitization, flooding and aversive conditioning.
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Describe therapeutic applications of operant conditioning principles, and explain the critics concerns with behavior modification process.
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Describe the assumptions and goals of cognitive therapies and their applications to the treatment of depression.
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Discuss the rationale and benefits of group therapy, including family therapy.
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Discuss the findings regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapies.
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Explain why ineffective therapies often have mistakenly perceived value.
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Discuss the roles of values and cultures in the therapy process.
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Explain the rationale of preventative mental health programs
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Identify the common forms of drug therapy.
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Describe the use of electroconvulsive therapy and psychosurgery in the treatment of psychological disorders.
Vocabulary: psychotherapy, eclectic approach, psychoanalysis, resistance, interpretations, transference, client-centered therapy, active listening, behavior therapy, counter conditioning, systematic desensitization, aversive conditioning, token economy, cognitive therapies, cognitive-behavior therapy, family therapy, psychopharmacology, lithium, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), psychosurgery, lobotomy.