Transference

Dreams Psychoanalysts assert that mental illnesses are the result of disturbances within the unconscious; which access occurs through dreams (Johansson, 2007). Proponents of this framework believe that dreams are the windows to the soul containing the desires and fears of an individual (Newirth, 2015). Psychotherapists utilize free association in an effort to understand the true nature of the individual and gain insight into the repressed thoughts causing disturbances within the patient…

The San Diego Trolley Dances took place on October 3rd 2015. An assortment of dance pieces all came together to furnish the city with dance in non-traditional and often unexpected settings. A program that has been established for fourteen years, this season of Trolley Dances traveled from Downtown San Diego to Balboa Park. However modern or classical the pieces in Trolley Dances may appear to be, the combination of observation and research can provide a different perspective. One such frame has…

Describe any ethical or legal issues that pertain to the case and their impact. Examples of ethical issues that could be considered are: transference/countertransference, court-referred clients, informed consent, boundary violations, poor self-care, limits of confidentiality, and any mandated reporting required (e.g. Child or Adult Protective Services). Are there any counselor limitations due…

task in which the therapist must overcome the unconscious "resistance" of the subject, who censures his trauma as a defense against the anxiety that would cause the evocation of it. Another key aspect of psychoanalytic therapy is the analysis of "transference": in the course of treatment, the patient's primitive and infantile desires, attitudes and feelings towards his or her parents or to the most representative figures of their childhood are usually transferred to the therapist or other…

Hobbes refutes Machiavelli’s arguments concerning an ideal prince by arguing against Machiavelli’s rejection of natural law, his subsequent alteration of justice, and his misapplication of the good life. Hobbes begins by refuting Machiavelli’s rejection of natural law. While both men cite the nature of man as violent whether in acquisition through force, or a standing disposition of war, Hobbes argues that this bent of men stands in opposition to natural law. While men remain independent…

Does an ‘evil gene’ actually exist? It is difficult to say because genetics are only half of the nature versus nurture debate when it comes to human fallibility. It is common to wonder whether one’s error-prone actions are a result of his hard-wired genes or his environment as he grew up. When a baby is born, one wouldn’t say that they he has an evil predisposition, but that he is innocent and ‘good’. So, how does the innocent newborn become evil? The concepts of rejection, the quest for…

The research study “A qualitative study of the initiation into injection drug use: Necessary and background processes” identifies the process and factors that lead an individual to initiate the use of injection drug use. The study takes into consideration how the social, physiological and psychological conditions and processes influence the use of drugs and the initiation of injectable drugs. The study utilizes the model developed by Durrant and Thakker (2003) that integrates the biological…

This paper examines some of the various aspects of adolescence, including substance use and abuse, sexual behaviors, alienation, and body image, from the viewpoint of four predominant adolescent developmental theories. These theories are the “biological, the cognitive, the psychosexual and the social approaches” (Dolgin, 2011, p. 27). Issues of Adolescence and Predominant Psychological Theories Bernstein, et al., succinctly state in their text Psychology, that “the biological approach to…

Introduction: A child was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria in 1889. He would grow up in a humble home, living with his mother and father, with aspirations to become an artist (Wagnalls, Funk). He would instead grow up to become arguably the most deadly dictator to ever rule. This child is Adolf Hitler. Hitler took control of Germany and struck the match that would become World War II. He will go on to initiate the Holocaust, where he will persecute and murder over six million Jewish people…

The imperfect understanding of kopienkritik combined with a wide dispersion of copy variations within the many modern collections of ‘copies’ may be responsible for the misperception of the role that economic factors actually played in Roman copy production. O. Brendel’ 1953 publication, ‘Prolegomena to a Book on Roman Art’, presents Rome as both a ‘political entity’ and a ‘historical period’ in which the art of replication flourished. According to this view, ‘Greek’ art, in essence, refers…