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Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud. Chapter 2. The Case of Judy. 47-year-old divorced Caucasian female Complains of symptoms of depression Relevant history Mother left home at age 10 History of physical and sexual abuse Married and divorced twice Attempted suicide three times.

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Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud

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  1. PsychoanalysisSigmund Freud Chapter 2

  2. The Case of Judy 47-year-old divorced Caucasian female Complains of symptoms of depression Relevant history Mother left home at age 10 History of physical and sexual abuse Married and divorced twice Attempted suicide three times

  3. Basic Philosophy Pessimistic view of human nature Dominant force is the innate sexual instinct Emphasis on unconscious drives

  4. Human Motivation Primary motivation for humans: Unconscious motives Conflicts between genetically built-in drives Instincts of self-preservation Sex Destruction

  5. Types of Instincts Life Instinct Eros Death Instinct Thanatos Ways to express instincts Satisfying the need Turning the need into the opposite Turning back on the person Repression Sublimation Central ConstructsInstinct Theory

  6. Central ConstructsTopographic Model Conscious Thought Unconscious Thought Preconscious Thought

  7. Central ConstructsThe Structural Model Id Ego Superego

  8. Central ConstructsRepression Pushing “unacceptable” material to the unconscious…and keeping it there! Always involved in the formation of symptoms Can lead to a person becoming stuck or “fixated” at a particular psychosocial stage

  9. Central ConstructsSymptoms as Symbols Symptoms represent: Psychic conflict Unacceptable sexual impulses Symptoms serve as a defense against “unacceptable wishes”

  10. Central ConstructsDefense Mechanisms Identification Displacement Projection Reaction Formation Sublimation Regression

  11. Theory of the PersonKey Developmental Stages

  12. Psychological Health and Dysfunction Healthy Personality Able to love and work Demonstrates minimal levels of repression Able to bring unconscious conflicts to the conscious and see them as sources of current behavior

  13. Psychological Health and Dysfunction Dysfunctional Personality Unresolved unconscious conflicts Due to unsuccessful resolution of 1 or more psychosexual stages

  14. Psychological Health and Dysfunction Realistic Anxiety An appropriate affective reaction to real danger Neurotic Anxiety Fear that libidinal drives will be expressed and danger could result Moral Anxiety Fear of punishment by the superego

  15. Psychological Health and Dysfunction Types of Dysfunction Hysteria (Conversion Disorder) Phobias Depression Psychoses

  16. Nature of Therapy Assessment Formal Assessment is used to gather information about the nature of the client’s defenses and unconscious conflicts Clients project their unconscious material onto an ambiguous stimuli

  17. Role of the client Reveals everything that comes to mind Role of the counselor Decides what is “real” vs. “not real” Correctly interpret the client’s unconscious material Nature of Therapy

  18. Nature of Therapy Goals of Therapy Help client uncover and resolve unconscious conflicts Strengthen the ego Psychoanalytic Constructs Insight Resistance Transference Countertransference

  19. Process of Therapy Opening Phase Development of Transference Working Through Resolution of Transference

  20. Therapeutic Techniques Free Association Interpretation Analysis of the resistance Dream analysis Analysis of the transference

  21. Evaluation Qualities Precise/Testable Empirically valid Stimulating Research Support Outcome research Theory-testing research

  22. Pros Modern offshoots appear to devalue women less Cons Focus of change is on the individual, not the environment Females are HIGHLY motivated by penis envy Clearly rooted in European values Issues of Individual and Cultural Diversity

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