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Appendix C

Psychotherapy Matrix

Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy.

|{Behavioral Treatment} |{Psychodynamic Therapy} |{Cognitive Therapy} |
|Summary of |Behavioral Treatment focuses on external behavior, and |Psychodynamic therapy attempts to resolve past conflicts |Cognitive therapy focuses on the way people think as well |
|Approach |builds on the assumption that both abnormal behavior and |and inappropriate subconscious impulses by bringing them |as their external behavior. The theory is that modifying |
| |normal behavior are learned. The belief behind this |into the conscious thought process to assess and deal with|the external behavior might change the way people think as|
| |treatment is that these people simply must learn new |the problem more effectively. The therapist requests the |well as their behavior. A cognitive therapist urges the |
| |behavior to replace the faulty behavioral skills they have|patient to consider and discuss their experiences in as |client to reason out their own problems as a teacher might|
| |developed and unlearn the maladaptive behavior patterns. |much detail as possible. The assumption is that the |do. Using the cognitive appraisal technique, clients are |
| |In some cases involving the behavioral treatment a method |patient will eventually recognize long-hidden crises, |asked to evaluate their own situations along with some |
| |called exposure treatment is used, the therapist exposes |traumas, and conflicts that may