Therapy

Question 1

How do psychotherapy and the biomedical therapies differ?

Answer 1

Psychotherapy
- Interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth.

• The major psychotherapies derive from psychology’s psychodynamic= humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive perspectives

Biomedical therapy

• Treats with medications or procedures that act directly on a patient’s physiology
• An eclectic approachcombines techniques from various forms of psychotherapy

Question 2

What are the goals and techniques of psychoanalysis, and how have they been adapted in psychodynamic therapy?

Answer 2

Goals

• To reclaim all the unconscious thoughts, feeling that have been repressed
• To provide insight of their origin
• Therapist can provide analysis to reduce growth/embedded conflict

Technique

• Free association

-> The mental blocks indicate resistance

-> Analyst provides insite to the meaning as interpretation, including dreams

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