Psychoanalytic School of Personality Comparison
Although all of the various therapy techniques can be effective in the treatment of neuroses, each offers a unique approach in the helping relationship. Therapy can involve years of focus on childhood experiences and desire of the id to relatively short periods of therapy involving a holistic, or whole person approach. When looking at the different schools of therapy, it becomes easier to compare when analyzing the same case study from the different perspectives.
A comparison of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual development and Erik Erikson’s stages of development reveals many similarities in their early stages, however the two men differ in the importance placed on sexual modes (Stevens, 1983). Freud believed that adult neuroses stemmed from the manifestation of childhood sexual desires and fantasies resulting from any unresolved sexual conflicts (Freud, 1952a), while Erickson associates the impact of social experiences to the mastery of different areas of life (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2004). Karen Horney differed from Freud’s biological cause for the inherent differences between male and female and attributed them to culture and society similar to Erickson (Paris, 1996). She also …show more content…
Instead, Erickson links the impact of social experiences to the stages of development. Each stage is associated with the mastery of different areas of life. The manner in which these conflicts are resolved has an affect on the level of competency, or inadequacy an individual perceives in himself or herself in that area of life. Erikson also thought that development continued throughout adulthood and the entire lifespan, and did not stop at adolescence as Freud suggested (Kail & Cavanaugh,
Although all of the various therapy techniques can be effective in the treatment of neuroses, each offers a unique approach in the helping relationship. Therapy can involve years of focus on childhood experiences and desire of the id to relatively short periods of therapy involving a holistic, or whole person approach. When looking at the different schools of therapy, it becomes easier to compare when analyzing the same case study from the different perspectives.
A comparison of Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual development and Erik Erikson’s stages of development reveals many similarities in their early stages, however the two men differ in the importance placed on sexual modes (Stevens, 1983). Freud believed that adult neuroses stemmed from the manifestation of childhood sexual desires and fantasies resulting from any unresolved sexual conflicts (Freud, 1952a), while Erickson associates the impact of social experiences to the mastery of different areas of life (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2004). Karen Horney differed from Freud’s biological cause for the inherent differences between male and female and attributed them to culture and society similar to Erickson (Paris, 1996). She also …show more content…
Instead, Erickson links the impact of social experiences to the stages of development. Each stage is associated with the mastery of different areas of life. The manner in which these conflicts are resolved has an affect on the level of competency, or inadequacy an individual perceives in himself or herself in that area of life. Erikson also thought that development continued throughout adulthood and the entire lifespan, and did not stop at adolescence as Freud suggested (Kail & Cavanaugh,