Understanding the Patient's Rigid Patterns in Psychotherapy From the Perspective of Compensation under Classical Conditioning
Abstract
It is common in psychotherapy to get bogged down in treatment progress because of patients' rigid patterns, and the first step to better dealing with this problem is to understand rigid patterns better. Therefore, it is essential to start with the concept of compensation under classical conditioning to help understand the rigid pattern of patients in psychotherapy. Given that the understanding from this perspective is relatively new and largely fragmented, it is theoretically important to evaluate what is being studied and gain meaningful insights through a structural review of the literature. After reviewing the extensive literature, this study also made some feasible suggestions on how to better understand and deal with patients' rigid patterns to assist therapists in dealing with such issues, combining the approaches taken by different schools of psychotherapy. This article is believed can provide a useful basis of understanding for future psychotherapists to better deal with patients' rigid patterns in practice.
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