According to Boeree (2009b), Freud believed that human behavior is driven by life and death instincts, which are mental representations of physical needs. Life instincts are needed to survive, and to provide continuum for the life of species. The most important of them is libido, the sexual psychic energy, which is the most driving motivating force (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). The death instinct is an unconscious wish to die (Boeree, 2009b), and it drives a person towards aggression, self-destruction, and cruelty (Thornton, n. d.). As stated in Friedman and Schustack (2012), the three structures of the personality in Freud’s theory are the id, ego, and superego. The id is the biological component of personality and consists of instincts
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d.), Freud believed that sexuality was any form of bodily pleasure. He believed that childhood sexual experiences, during the time when a child must go through series of conflicts, when moving in psychosexual developmental stages, were important factors in the development of the adult personality. The successful resolution of conflicts is crucial to adult mental health. From the moment of birth, the child is driven by needs for bodily/sexual pleasure. The mental energy that arises from this desire must be released, which the child do by the act of sucking. This is called the oral stage. In the following anal stage, the energy is released through the pleasure related to anus. In the next phallic stage, the child develops an interest in the genitals as a site of pleasure. At the same time, the child develops a sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex, and a hatred of the parent of the same sex. This is called the Oedipus complex. A male child fears that he may be harmed by father due to his desire to mother, and he develops a fear that he may be castrated, which is called castration anxiety. Girls develop a penis envy over a lack of penis. After this phase, the child enters in a latency period, in which sexual desires are in a dormant state lasting until puberty. In the final genital stage, the pleasure drive refocuses around the genital …show more content…
According to Boeree (2009b), Freud’s goal of therapy was to make the unconscious conscious, and therefore therapies included relaxed therapy situations to make patients feel comfortable in free association. As stated in Boeree (2009b), Freud believed that if a patient have resistance during the therapy session, it is an unconscious sign that he finds the therapy threatening. Also, if a patient had a Freudian slip that is a slip of tongue, it is a sign of an unconscious conflict. In addition, Freud also named two emotional states, transference and catharsis, which a client may experience during the therapy session (Schultz & Schultz, 2004). Transference is a projecting feelings toward the therapist, instead of the person that it belongs. Catharsis is a dramatic emotional outburst after the trauma is resurrected. Insight is gained when the client is aware of the source of emotion of the event, and it is together with catharsis, the final state of therapy (Boeree,
d.), Freud believed that sexuality was any form of bodily pleasure. He believed that childhood sexual experiences, during the time when a child must go through series of conflicts, when moving in psychosexual developmental stages, were important factors in the development of the adult personality. The successful resolution of conflicts is crucial to adult mental health. From the moment of birth, the child is driven by needs for bodily/sexual pleasure. The mental energy that arises from this desire must be released, which the child do by the act of sucking. This is called the oral stage. In the following anal stage, the energy is released through the pleasure related to anus. In the next phallic stage, the child develops an interest in the genitals as a site of pleasure. At the same time, the child develops a sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex, and a hatred of the parent of the same sex. This is called the Oedipus complex. A male child fears that he may be harmed by father due to his desire to mother, and he develops a fear that he may be castrated, which is called castration anxiety. Girls develop a penis envy over a lack of penis. After this phase, the child enters in a latency period, in which sexual desires are in a dormant state lasting until puberty. In the final genital stage, the pleasure drive refocuses around the genital …show more content…
According to Boeree (2009b), Freud’s goal of therapy was to make the unconscious conscious, and therefore therapies included relaxed therapy situations to make patients feel comfortable in free association. As stated in Boeree (2009b), Freud believed that if a patient have resistance during the therapy session, it is an unconscious sign that he finds the therapy threatening. Also, if a patient had a Freudian slip that is a slip of tongue, it is a sign of an unconscious conflict. In addition, Freud also named two emotional states, transference and catharsis, which a client may experience during the therapy session (Schultz & Schultz, 2004). Transference is a projecting feelings toward the therapist, instead of the person that it belongs. Catharsis is a dramatic emotional outburst after the trauma is resurrected. Insight is gained when the client is aware of the source of emotion of the event, and it is together with catharsis, the final state of therapy (Boeree,