May 2 Flashcards

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Psychoanalysis

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Developed by Freud

Focuses on probing past defense mechanisms of repression and rationalization to understand the unconscious cause of a problem

Free association is a good way to do this

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Insight

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Psychoanalytic approach to the treatment of abnormal behavior is rooted here

Primary key to eliminating problem

Patient gets insight through psychoanalysis

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Free association

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Patient reports any and all conscious thoughts and ideas, sometimes while under hypnosis

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Manifest content

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Symbols in dreams representing the latent content of dreams

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Latent

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Truly meaningful content of dreams

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In psychoanalytic therapy, therapists strive to

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remain detached from the patient, resisting emotional or personal involvement which encourages transference

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Transference

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Occurs when the patient shifts thoughts and feelings about certain people or events onto the therapist

Thought to help reveal the nature of the patients conflicts

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Countertransference

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Occurs when the therapist transfers his or her own feelings onto the patient

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In order to avoid counterteansference

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Psychotherapists have typically undergone analysis themselves, and many continue to do so while practicing therapy

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Humanistic approach treats the individual as

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a client

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