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    Priscilla Lee has a Masters in Applied Psychology and experience providing counseling in individual and group settings for adults, children, and youth. She specializes in socio-emotional wellness therapy, school motivation classes, and other therapies. Priscilla is competent in solutions-focused, restorative practices, cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and play therapy. The document then provides a brief introduction to psychology, defining it as the scientific study of the mind and behavior, and outlines some of the major perspectives and fields in modern psychology like biological, behavioral/clinical, cognitive, and social-cultural psychology.

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    Priscilla Lee has a Masters in Applied Psychology and experience providing counseling in individual and group settings for adults, children, and youth. She specializes in socio-emotional wellness therapy, school motivation classes, and other therapies. Priscilla is competent in solutions-focused, restorative practices, cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and play therapy. The document then provides a brief introduction to psychology, defining it as the scientific study of the mind and behavior, and outlines some of the major perspectives and fields in modern psychology like biological, behavioral/clinical, cognitive, and social-cultural psychology.

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    Priscilla Lee has a Masters in Applied Psychology and experience providing counseling in individual and group settings for adults, children, and youth. She specializes in socio-emotional wellness therapy, school motivation classes, and other therapies. Priscilla is competent in solutions-focused, restorative practices, cognitive behavioral therapy, person-centered therapy, and play therapy. The document then provides a brief introduction to psychology, defining it as the scientific study of the mind and behavior, and outlines some of the major perspectives and fields in modern psychology like biological, behavioral/clinical, cognitive, and social-cultural psychology.

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    INTRODUCTION TO

    PSYCHOLOGY
    Prepared by Priscilla Lee
    ABOUT PRISCILLA
    After studying my Masters of Arts (Applied Psychology), I
    have been working with adults, children and youths across
    a range of emotional and behavioral issues, providing
    counseling and psycho-educational guidance for them. I
    am experienced in both individual and group therapy
    settings specializing in conducting socio-emotional
    wellness therapy, school motivation classes, educational
    therapies and other focused group therapies. Previously, I
    did internship in many different settings such as hospital,
    student care centre, outpatient youth centre and tertiary
    school. I am competent in intervention skills like Solutions
    Focus, Restorative Practices, Cognitive Behavioral
    Therapy, Person Centered Therapy and Play Therapy.
    WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
    WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
     Comes from psych (Greek for “mind”) and –ology
    (meaning “a field of study”)
     Literally means “study of the mind”

     Covers both internal mental processes and external,


    observable behaviors
     Based on objective, verifiable, scientific evidence
    HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
     Structuralism: Started with Wilhelm Wundt’s first
    psychological laboratory and his concept of
    introspection. “Father of experimental psychology”
     Gestalt: Led by Max Wertheimer, these guys focused not
    on how we feel, but on how we experience the world.
    “The whole of an experience can be more than the sum
    of its parts.” (late 1800’s)
     Psychoanalysis: started with Sigmund Freud (in the
    early 1900’s). People believed that most of your feelings
    come from a hidden place in your mind called the
    unconscious. “Father of psychoanalysis”
    HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
     Behaviorism: (early to mid
    1900s), people started to focus
    solely on observing behaviors.

     Electic: (now) Psychologists pick


    and choose what theories to use
    depending on the situation and the
    client.
    DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF MODERN
    PSYCHOLOGY

    How the body and brain create emotions,


    Biological Psychology memories, and sensory experiences.

    How we learn from observable


    responses.
    Behavioral/Clinical Psychology How to best study, assess and
    treat troubled people.

    Cognitive Psychology How we process, store and retrieve


    information.

    Social-Cultural Psychology How behavior and thinking vary


    across situations
    and cultures.
    Psychology is a broad field with
    many specialties, but
    fundamentally, psychology is the
    science of behavior and mental
    processes
    PSYCHOLOGY MUST BE EMPIRICAL
    Knowledge
    Knowledgeacquired
    acquiredthrough
    throughobservation
    observation

    Psychologists must be skeptical


    and think critically
    What is the evidence?
    How was it collected?

    Psychology conclusions based on research


    NOT tradition or common sense
    KINDS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS
     Organizational
     School

     Counseling

     Clinical

     Forensic

     Educational

     Research
    WHAT IS COUNSELING?

    According to the American Counseling Association,


    counseling is:

    “The application of mental health, psychological or


    human development principles, through cognitive,
    affective, behavioral or systemic interventions,
    strategies that address wellness, personal growth, or
    career development, as well as pathology.”

    What
    Whatisisthe
    thedifference
    differencebetween
    betweencounsellors,
    counsellors,psychologists,
    psychologists,
    social
    socialworkers
    workersand
    andpsychiatrist?
    psychiatrist?
    END

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