Module 65
Treating Distress
Psychotherapy Origin ↓
Superstition and moral condemnation greatly influenced early approaches to mental illness
Demonology viewed mental disturbance as the cause of demonic possession thought of prescribed exorcism as the solution
Philippe Pinel from France helped develop more humane treatment near the end of the 1970s
Nearly one hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud created psychoanalysis, which is the first psychotherapy
Different Contemporary Psychotherapies ↓
All psychotherapy tires to create positive changes in people's personality, conduct, or adjustment
Psychotherapies may be classified with any of the following or multiple:
Insight
Action
Nondirective
Directive
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Family therapy is when a family is treated as a whole.
Telephone counselors and Internet therapists can provide some useful mental health tips from far away
Psychotherapy Effectiveness ↓
Most psychotherapies depend on the therapeutic alliance, a safe setting, catharsis, insights, other perspectives, and a chance to practice different behaviors
A culturally skilled counselor should be able to create a report with an individual from a different cultural background and make use of traditional theories and strategies to meet the needs of clients
Psychotherapy is considered to be successful, although no single form of therapy is higher-ranked
Module 66
Freudian Psychoanalysis ↓
As the first true psychotherapy, Freud’s psychoanalysis enabled the creation of modern psychodynamic therapies
The psychoanalyst utilizes four methods to form health-producing insights
Free association
Dream analysis
Analysis of resistance
Transference
Specialists who become psychologists have turned scarce since psychoanalysis is costly and requires a lot of time
Some critics contend that traditional psychoanalysis is given support due to spontaneous remission of symptoms. However, psychoanalysis works for many