16.2 Types of Treatment — How Therapy Actually Rewires Your Brain | Psychology 2e
After this lesson you will be able to…
- Understand the universal feeling of repeating mistakes and the goal of therapy to change behavior.
- Learn the two primary categories of psychological treatment: psychotherapy and biomedical therapy.
- Explore Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis, its historical roots, and focus on repressed childhood traumas.
- Understand 'resistance' as the unconscious blocking of painful memories during therapy.
- Learn about 'transference,' where patients project past relationship emotions onto the therapist.
- Discover play therapy as a method for children to express and resolve psychological difficulties.
- Understand behavior therapy's focus on changing undesirable behaviors through learning principles.
- Learn how classical conditioning is used in behavior therapy to change involuntary responses.
- Understand aversive conditioning, which pairs an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant stimulus.
- Learn about exposure therapy and reciprocal inhibition for treating phobias by associating fear with relaxation.
- Discover systematic desensitization, a structured exposure therapy for adults using anxiety hierarchies.
- Understand how virtual reality is used in exposure therapy to treat conditions like PTSD.
- Learn the core idea of CBT: emotional distress comes from interpretations, not external situations.
- Identify cognitive distortions and understand the ABC model (Action, Belief, Consequence) in CBT.
- Recognize the strong empirical evidence supporting CBT's effectiveness for various psychological issues.
- Explore Carl Rogers' humanistic therapy, focusing on self-awareness, self-acceptance, and client-centered approach.
- Understand 'unconditional positive regard' as the core of humanistic therapy for fostering self-acceptance.
- Learn that the therapeutic alliance is key to success, and understand evidence-based practice (EBP).
- Understand biomedical therapies, which use medication or procedures to alter the central nervous system.
- Learn how SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) work to treat depression.
- Identify other psychotropic medications like antipsychotics and mood stabilizers and their functions.
- Understand that psychotropic medications manage symptoms but have significant biological costs and side effects.
- Learn about ECT as a last-resort intervention for severe depression, inducing a brief seizure.
- Discover TMS as a newer, non-invasive alternative to ECT without memory loss.
- Consider the philosophical question of whether mind or body is in the 'driver's seat' of healing.
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(0)This lesson dives into the major types of psychological and biomedical treatments covered in Section 16.2 of OpenStax Psychology 2e. From Freud's psyc...
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Quiz: Psychological and Biomedical Treatments
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Practice: Psychological and Biomedical Therapies
PracticeAnswer each question using what you learned in the video. Questions progress from recall and comprehension to application and analysis — challenge yourself before reviewing your notes.