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Psych 12/3
psychotherapist
Question | Answer |
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advantages of seeking profesional help | expertise objectivity sole helping goal confidentiality |
who does psycho therapy | clinical psychologists social workers psychiatrists psychiatric nurses marriage and family therapists |
Responsabliity of therapist | 1. assessment of diagnosis 2. treatment planning 3. doing the therapy 4. monitor progress and adjust treatment 5. relapse prevention |
treatment planning | make goals(reduce anxiety) and objectives (teach relaxation) (monitor thinking) goal (improve relationship with girlfriend) objective (practice communication) |
what happens in therapy | depends on format : indeividual group couple family depends on problem: phobia, mdd, depends on scientific evidence: evidence based treatment (EBT) depends on how therapist works |
evidence based treatments | treatment can be followed by using standardized manual |
relapse prevention | how will you know if things are getting worse? what have you learned here that might help? how do you know if you need to come back |
Therapies for psychological disorders (approaches) | 1. biological |
1. biological/ BENEFITS / DRAWBACKS | - shock therapy - magnetic stimulation -medication BENEFITS: -fast acting - convientient - less stigma (less public) DRAWBACKS -potential for side effects -potential relapse when stopped -uncertianty for dosage - uncertainty of most effec |
2. Psychodynamic | -believes taht distress because of early childhood experiences |