Dreams can be separated into manifest content and latent content. Psychodynamic therapies are long-term and intense, often going for several years. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 1. The focus is on specific symptoms. Reliance is on operant and classical conditioning interventions as well as more cognitively oriented interventions.
Systemtic desensitization is a technique used to address fears and phobias.
The patient approaches feared situations while in a relaxed state. The therapist constructs a fear hierarchy and uses relaxational imagery to help the patient relieve anxiety. Exposure techniques present the actual phobic stimulus in real life rather than having the patient merely imagine it. Therapies based on operant conditioning apply rewards and punishments to modify unwanted behavior. Examples are token economies, time out, and response cost.