The two theorists I have explored in this assignment are Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. I am looking at Freud’s concepts of: Transference and Counter- Transference & Defence Mechanisms – Rationalisation and Disavowal. Also I am using Jung’s concepts of: to deepen my understanding of the psychoanalytic approach to understand human behaviour.
Freud
Transference
Transference is the return of a figure from childhood or the past. The patient is consequently transferring their feelings and reactions onto the therapist replacing their parents for example.
It alters a situation: the patient ignores their aim in that session and wants to please the therapist and win their love. We can see the power of the superego if the patient puts the therapist in …show more content…
The resident is therefore in denial about their physical disability worsening.
Critique: Denial can involve refusing to experience something or stopping events occurring due to the person not wanting to experience the outcome. This can be harmful as the person may repress the experience and this could have consequences later on. (McLeod, 2015)
Jung
1. How the concepts provide a useful framework in deepening your understanding of human behaviour.
What concepts do I see as being useful in social care practice and in my own way of working with social care users.
How useful are the concepts and why
Critically evaluate the concepts using relevant examples and references
The Unconscious
Similar to Freud, Jung emphasises the importance of the unconscious in relation to a persons personality.
Personal unconscious- temporarily forgotten information & repressed memories
Jung, C. G. (1921). Psychological types. The collected works of CG Jung, Vol. 6 Bollingen Series XX.
Jung, C. G. (1933). Modern man in search of his soul.
Jung, C. G. (1947). On the Nature of the Psyche. London: Ark
Freud
Transference
Transference is the return of a figure from childhood or the past. The patient is consequently transferring their feelings and reactions onto the therapist replacing their parents for example.
It alters a situation: the patient ignores their aim in that session and wants to please the therapist and win their love. We can see the power of the superego if the patient puts the therapist in …show more content…
The resident is therefore in denial about their physical disability worsening.
Critique: Denial can involve refusing to experience something or stopping events occurring due to the person not wanting to experience the outcome. This can be harmful as the person may repress the experience and this could have consequences later on. (McLeod, 2015)
Jung
1. How the concepts provide a useful framework in deepening your understanding of human behaviour.
What concepts do I see as being useful in social care practice and in my own way of working with social care users.
How useful are the concepts and why
Critically evaluate the concepts using relevant examples and references
The Unconscious
Similar to Freud, Jung emphasises the importance of the unconscious in relation to a persons personality.
Personal unconscious- temporarily forgotten information & repressed memories
Jung, C. G. (1921). Psychological types. The collected works of CG Jung, Vol. 6 Bollingen Series XX.
Jung, C. G. (1933). Modern man in search of his soul.
Jung, C. G. (1947). On the Nature of the Psyche. London: Ark