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* Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Psychoanalysis was made popular by
Sigmund Freud towards the end of the
19th century when he began treating
patients with talk therapy. Common
techniques he developed and used
included dream interpretation, free
association and transference analysis.
The techniques involve probing a
patient's unconscious thoughts and past
experiences to elicit feelings and
memories that could be affecting
behaviour.
* Behavioural Therapy
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In the early 20th century behavioural
therapy began to become a popular
school of thought. Various types of
conditioning, social learning and similar
methods started to play an important
role in psychotherapy. Behaviourism has
since become less popular but many of
its techniques are still used today to
help patients alter undesired behaviour.