The Psychoanalysis theory was formed by Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud was born in 1856; he became a physician in Austria. Freud was a medical doctor known as a neurologist, this type of a doctor which deals with disorders for which specialists could not find any bodily cause to this (Ciccareli & White, 2015, p. 10). For that reason, it was rather cogitated that the result must be in the patients mind, and then this is when Sigmund Freud began to examine the matter in depth.
Meyer, Moore and Viljoen (2008) claim that ‘Sigmund Freud’s theory is known to be the personality theory (Psychoanalysis) and is still noticed today as one of the broadest theories of all, about the human functioning’. The psychoanalysis theory …show more content…
As in, if one had significant problems, those problems would have been from the patient’s early years’ (Ciccareli & White, 2015, p. 10). ‘The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, for example, when one makes the unconscious conscious’ (McLeod, 2007). So in other words Freud’s theory was developed because he believed that there could be a possibility for one to be healed by making their conscious …show more content…
A qualified psychologist does not have any medical training but they have a doctorate degree. Psychologist go through very difficult and tricky academic training, studying the many different fields in psychology before choosing a particular field one wants to specialize in. Take note that every psychologist is trained to counsel. Psychologists who specialize in the counseling field must be well equipped and licensed to practice in their particular state (Ciccareli & White, 2015, p.