Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychoanalytic is a very well known concept that was created by a psychologist named Sigmund Freud in the eighteenth century. Psychoanalysis focuses on personality development and effects within the unconscious and conscious mind on behavior and development. Freud also believed that the number one motivator came from our sexual desires and urges. Freud believed that our personality is fully developed by the end of adolescence. Psychoanalysis is used to help treat disorders like depression, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety. Anna Freud, Sigmund’s daughter, had a major contribution to the psychoanalysis theory was her work with children. Psychoanalytic therapy still stands day, even though some …show more content…
First it the structure of personalities that deals with id, ego, and superego. Your id is the devil on your shoulder, where your drives and impulses take over. Your ego is the middleman, where it mediates between your id and superego to find balance, and your superego is the angel on your shoulder wanting you to do good. The ego has the reality principle while the id is driven by your pleasure principle. Freud’s psychosexual stages include oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital stages. The oral stage is your first year of life where you are discovering the world through your mouth. Anal stage is where your personality first starts to develop between the ages of one and three. In this stage the child begins to get potty trained and realizes they can start to do things on their own without their parents. Phallic stage happens between the ages of three and six where you start to notice a sexual attraction to someone. This realization develops the Oedipus and Electra Complex. Although Freud coined the theory behind these words, Jung was the one who actually named this. Oedipus Complex derives from a boy with his mother being his object of affection and vise versa with the Electra Complex where the father becomes the object of the daughter’s affection. The genital stage is where all motivation comes from sexual drive, your interest peaks with flirting, and exploring nature. The ego defense-mechanisms help the individual cope with their …show more content…
Maintaining this framework refers to making sure sessions end on time (page 73). One limitation of Freud’s therapy is saying that our personality ends at adolescence. That is false, due to Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development. Although, Erikson’s psychosocial development is based off of Freud’s psychosexual stages, Erikson extends on Freud’s ideas. Personality is still being developed until the day we take our last breath on this earth. Free association analysis’s listen not only to the hidden meaning of their words, but also the literal words that are being said. In fact, the areas that you don’t talk about are just as important as the areas you do discuss while in
Psychoanalytic is a very well known concept that was created by a psychologist named Sigmund Freud in the eighteenth century. Psychoanalysis focuses on personality development and effects within the unconscious and conscious mind on behavior and development. Freud also believed that the number one motivator came from our sexual desires and urges. Freud believed that our personality is fully developed by the end of adolescence. Psychoanalysis is used to help treat disorders like depression, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety. Anna Freud, Sigmund’s daughter, had a major contribution to the psychoanalysis theory was her work with children. Psychoanalytic therapy still stands day, even though some …show more content…
First it the structure of personalities that deals with id, ego, and superego. Your id is the devil on your shoulder, where your drives and impulses take over. Your ego is the middleman, where it mediates between your id and superego to find balance, and your superego is the angel on your shoulder wanting you to do good. The ego has the reality principle while the id is driven by your pleasure principle. Freud’s psychosexual stages include oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital stages. The oral stage is your first year of life where you are discovering the world through your mouth. Anal stage is where your personality first starts to develop between the ages of one and three. In this stage the child begins to get potty trained and realizes they can start to do things on their own without their parents. Phallic stage happens between the ages of three and six where you start to notice a sexual attraction to someone. This realization develops the Oedipus and Electra Complex. Although Freud coined the theory behind these words, Jung was the one who actually named this. Oedipus Complex derives from a boy with his mother being his object of affection and vise versa with the Electra Complex where the father becomes the object of the daughter’s affection. The genital stage is where all motivation comes from sexual drive, your interest peaks with flirting, and exploring nature. The ego defense-mechanisms help the individual cope with their …show more content…
Maintaining this framework refers to making sure sessions end on time (page 73). One limitation of Freud’s therapy is saying that our personality ends at adolescence. That is false, due to Erik Erikson’s psychosocial development. Although, Erikson’s psychosocial development is based off of Freud’s psychosexual stages, Erikson extends on Freud’s ideas. Personality is still being developed until the day we take our last breath on this earth. Free association analysis’s listen not only to the hidden meaning of their words, but also the literal words that are being said. In fact, the areas that you don’t talk about are just as important as the areas you do discuss while in