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This course points out abnormal behavior reasons and its forms. Mostly it talks about amnestic disorder, mood disorder, developmental disorder, genetics, personality disorder, problems in childhood, psychological model, stress, substance disorder. This lecture includes: Psychotherapy, Sufferer, Global, Therapies, Behavioral, Cognitive, Biological, Individual, Couple, Electroconvulsive
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Psychotherapy refers to special and systematic process for helping people to overcome their psychological difficulties.
Example : Some psychological difficulties include anxiety, fear and phobia. All forms of Psychotherapy have three things in common:
1- Sufferer who seeks help whom we call patient or client 2- A healer who is the therapist and 3- A series of contacts between the client and therapist (number of sessions between the client and the therapist)
A system of therapy is a set of principles and techniques employed in accordance with a particular theory of change. As many as 400 distinct forms of therapy are being practiced today. Two broad categories are
1. Global Therapies Global therapies help people recognize and change general features of their personalities that the therapist believe are the root cause of their problem. They are - Psychodynamic or psychoanalytic - Humanistic - Existential - Client centered therapy - Gestalt 2. Problem Focused Therapies Problem focused therapies focus on the symptoms and specific complaints of the person. They include - Behavioral therapies - Cognitive therapies - Biological therapies
Therapy format is
Individual therapy is in which the therapist sees the alone for some period of time usually weekly.
Group therapy is in which the therapist sees the group of clients such as psychodrama and self help groups.
Family therapy is a format in which the therapists meet with all members of family and point out problematic behavior and interactions and work on whole family to change.
In couple therapy the therapist works with two people who share a long term relationship.
Whether the psychotherapy is beneficial or not
The critical question to be asked is about all these psychotherapies treatments is whether or not they actually help people to cope with and overcome their psychological problems. What do you say? What do you think?
Four general conclusions have been reached
1- People in therapy are better off than people with similar problems who receive no treatment. 2- Various therapies do appear to differ in their effectiveness. 3- Certain therapies appear to be effective than others for certain disorders 4- A combination of therapy approaches is more effective than a single approach in treatment of certain disorders.
Important Concerns of Psychotherapy
Brief Historical Perspective
4- Hypnosis