Psychoanalysis

mental disturbance as the cause of demonic possession thought of prescribed exorcism as the solution Philippe Pinel from France helped develop more humane treatment near the end of the 1970s Nearly one hundred years ago, Sigmund Freud created psychoanalysis, which is the first psychotherapy Different Contemporary Psychotherapies ↓ All psychotherapy tires to create positive changes in people's personality, conduct, or adjustment Psychotherapies may be classified with any of the following or…

categories to approaching psychotherapy. First, there’s psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies, which focuses on changing problematic behaviors, feelings, and thoughts by learning their unaware senses and motivations. Psychoanalytically oriented therapies are characterized by an intimate operational affiliation between psychoanalyst and patient. Patients learn about themselves by exploring their communications in the relationship. Although psychoanalysis is moderately related to Sigmund…

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst who is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. His book “Civilization and Its Discontents” show how civilization can cause discontent in human beings and why people must undergo the civilization process. In it, he proposes a theory, which states that civilization itself is the main reason why there is unhappiness among civilized people. He describes civilization as “a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to…

that power is a natural desire for the human race, while under psychoanalysis this constant desire for power is reflective of a neuroticism. The fascist can never tryly be well adjusted under the psychoanalytic model, as her desires are necessarily oriented towards the father rather than the "pure" desire for power. Even the ego is held as something that is at it's core victim to unconscious, reactive forces due to psychoanalysis. By positing that the fascist is a neurotic, the psychoanalyst…

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…

crime novelist with protagonists who are often deeply disturbed as a result of a childhood trauma. Although she is most well known as a novelist, her short fictions are also highly fascinating. “Thornapple” for example illustrates her abilities at psychoanalysis as she details the thought processes of a highly intelligent young man who enjoys experimenting with poisons. Rendell’s short story “Thornapple”, is a tantalizing tale narrated…

In science, we often look for certainty. Physics and chemistry are a benchmark for science, offering concrete answers from the beginning. Psychology has never been privy to straightforward answers, solutions, or formulae for prediction. There aren’t as clear right answers - predictions take into account many factors, deal with immeasurable and abstract ideas, and work on a scale that can’t quite be defined - but the field has still strived towards new and better solutions to help people while…

clients and uses examples she has heard throughout the article. She explains that she bases her practice on elements of different religions such as those of Aboriginal Senoi people and western Abrahamic beliefs as well as principles from Freudian psychoanalysis. Personally, Freud is my absolute least favourite figure in the history of psychology. I find a lot of his theories (i.e. Oedipus Complex) are based on his dysfunctional relationships with his own parents.…

As wrote in Ramsey’s article (2000), feminist Juliet Mitchell, points out that it is the viewpoint of an individual which moulds psychoanalysis “as the justification of the status quo” (Ramsey, 2000, p.168). For Mitchell (1974), her viewpoint of “psychoanalysis is not a recommendation for patriarchal society but an analysis of one” (Ramsey, 2000, p.168). A popular use for Freudian theory, both in its time and now to date, was its use to argue…

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology and psychotherapy, was a Jewish Austrian medical doctor who lived from 1856-1939. Because of the invasion during First World War, he leaves Austria and spends his last years of life in London. Freud begins his career as a research neurologist. Over the time, he gradually moves into the practice of psychiatry. Funder (2016) states that Freud’s greatest contribution to psychotherapy was ‘’the talking cure’’ (Funder, 2016, p.352). It was absurd for that…