{"id":7576,"date":"2022-04-18T23:39:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T23:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&p=7576"},"modified":"2022-04-18T23:39:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T23:39:49","slug":"discussion-therapy-and-treatment-2","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/chapter\/discussion-therapy-and-treatment-2\/","title":{"raw":"Discussion: Therapy and Treatment","rendered":"Discussion: Therapy and Treatment"},"content":{"raw":"

Thinking about Treatment<\/h2>\r\nSTEP 1:<\/strong> Choose ONE of the following questions and respond to it in a post of at least 200 words.\r\n
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  1. Psychoanalytic theory is no longer the dominant therapeutic approach, because it lacks empirical support. Yet many consumers continue to seek psychoanalytic or psychodynamic treatments. Do you think psychoanalysis still has a place in mental health treatment? If so, why?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. What might be some advantages and disadvantages of technological advances in psychological treatment? What will psychotherapy look like 100 years from now?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Some people have argued that all therapies are about equally effective, and that they all affect change through common factors such as the involvement of a supportive therapist. Does this claim sound reasonable to you? Why or why not?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. When choosing a psychological treatment for a specific patient, what factors besides the treatment\u2019s demonstrated efficacy should be taken into account?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nSTEP 2:<\/strong> Respond to at least TWO other posts in responses of at least 100 words.","rendered":"

    Thinking about Treatment<\/h2>\n

    STEP 1:<\/strong> Choose ONE of the following questions and respond to it in a post of at least 200 words.<\/p>\n

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    1. Psychoanalytic theory is no longer the dominant therapeutic approach, because it lacks empirical support. Yet many consumers continue to seek psychoanalytic or psychodynamic treatments. Do you think psychoanalysis still has a place in mental health treatment? If so, why?<\/li>\n
    2. What might be some advantages and disadvantages of technological advances in psychological treatment? What will psychotherapy look like 100 years from now?<\/li>\n
    3. Some people have argued that all therapies are about equally effective, and that they all affect change through common factors such as the involvement of a supportive therapist. Does this claim sound reasonable to you? Why or why not?<\/li>\n
    4. When choosing a psychological treatment for a specific patient, what factors besides the treatment\u2019s demonstrated efficacy should be taken into account?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      STEP 2:<\/strong> Respond to at least TWO other posts in responses of at least 100 words.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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