1. Somatoform Disorders Conversion Disorder Hypocondriasis Factitious Disorder Munchausen Munchausen by Proxy

2. Personality Disorders There are a number of personality disorders that may impair one’s social functioning Two examples are: Borderline personality involves unstable identity, emotions, and relationships Antisocial personality involves a lack of conscience

3. Psychotherapy is education Education can mean learning new information, a new viewpoint, or practicing a new skill. 1) new information 2) insight 3) skill development 4) feedback and support Psychotherapy

4. Psychotherapy  Two key concepts are:  Transference - patterns of relating from previous relationships are repeated and transferred to the therapist  Resistance - the client subverts the therapeutic process to avoid threatening material

5. Psychoanalytic -- Sigmund Freud Emphasizes etiology Humanistic Person-centered -- Carl Rogers Gestalt -- Fritz Perls Hakomi – Ron Kurtz Cognitive -- Albert Ellis, Aaron Beck Behavioral Systematic Desensitization --Mary Cover Jones Operant Conditioning Psychological Therapies

6. Different ways of dealing with resistance:  Meet head on (keep bringing it up)  Move to the side (drop the topic until it returns again)  Actively support the resistance (help the client to resist)

7. Hakomi Therapy  Establishes mindfulness  Evokes experience  Supports resistance

8. Eating Disorders  Bulimia –binge eating followed by either  purging  excessive exercise –Can be any weight  about 5% of high school females  about 14% of college females (seniors)  often appears with depression

9. Eating Disorders  Anorexia Nervosa –Self induced starvation –Abnormal fear of being fat –Feel fat even though they are thin (distorted body image). –About 1% of adolescent females  80% to 90% of bulimics and anorexics are women.

10. Tactile Stimuli