Psychodynamic Approach
INTRODUCTION
The reason that I have chosen the psychoanalytic theory and the approaches that are used within the psychoanalytic approach as they look at what has happened within childhood and how it can have an effect on a person later in life.
Many people have carried childhood experiences around for many years and have not been able deal with the situation, they are unable to talk about the experience and this can have a greater affect on how they deal with life issues.
By going to see a councillor who uses the psychoanalytic theory would allow them to be able to delve into their childhood in a structured way that is not going cause harm.
The history and approach of psychoanalytic theories.
Sigmoid Freud was the first person who proposed …show more content…
In the years following the international psychoanalytic association was founded where Freud designated Carl Jung as his receiver to head the association.
PSYCHODAMIC APPROACH.
In contrast to behavioural psychology, psychodynamic psychology, it ignores the trappings of science, instead focuses on trying to get inside the head of the individual, making sense of their relationships, experiences and how they few the world.
The psychodynamic approach includes all theories in psychology that sees human functioning based on the interaction of drives and forces within the person, looking at the unconscious and different structures of personality.
Within the psychoanalytic theory there are several approaches that are used such as the ego psychology which was dominate in America for many years this has been modified and is strongly influenced by the rational point of view.
An understanding of transference with an interest in the unconscious the centrality of psychologist patient relationship in the healing process.
ATTACHMENT THEORY.
Term attachment describes the effective (feeling based) bond between infants, parents or caregivers. This developers as the child grows and is reliant on the parents or caregiver for his or her …show more content…
RESISTANCES.
Along with transference, resistance is one of the two corner stones of psychoanalysis as uncomfortable thoughts and feelings begin to get close to the surface this is when they become conscious a client will resist the self exploration which would bring them into the open, with the discomfort associated in these emotional states they are not measured as memories but will be experienced as fully contemporary transference.
The client can be experiencing life at great intensity, because of being burdened by the transference or painful emotions from other sources, and they will use various defences (resistance) to avoid the full emotional intensity.
This can be that they will become silent, or try to discontinue treatment all together. This to a analyst would signal the possibility that they are unconsciously trying to avoid threatening thoughts or feelings the analyst would then encourage the client to consider what these thoughts and feelings might be, and how that they can exert an important influence on their psychological
The reason that I have chosen the psychoanalytic theory and the approaches that are used within the psychoanalytic approach as they look at what has happened within childhood and how it can have an effect on a person later in life.
Many people have carried childhood experiences around for many years and have not been able deal with the situation, they are unable to talk about the experience and this can have a greater affect on how they deal with life issues.
By going to see a councillor who uses the psychoanalytic theory would allow them to be able to delve into their childhood in a structured way that is not going cause harm.
The history and approach of psychoanalytic theories.
Sigmoid Freud was the first person who proposed …show more content…
In the years following the international psychoanalytic association was founded where Freud designated Carl Jung as his receiver to head the association.
PSYCHODAMIC APPROACH.
In contrast to behavioural psychology, psychodynamic psychology, it ignores the trappings of science, instead focuses on trying to get inside the head of the individual, making sense of their relationships, experiences and how they few the world.
The psychodynamic approach includes all theories in psychology that sees human functioning based on the interaction of drives and forces within the person, looking at the unconscious and different structures of personality.
Within the psychoanalytic theory there are several approaches that are used such as the ego psychology which was dominate in America for many years this has been modified and is strongly influenced by the rational point of view.
An understanding of transference with an interest in the unconscious the centrality of psychologist patient relationship in the healing process.
ATTACHMENT THEORY.
Term attachment describes the effective (feeling based) bond between infants, parents or caregivers. This developers as the child grows and is reliant on the parents or caregiver for his or her …show more content…
RESISTANCES.
Along with transference, resistance is one of the two corner stones of psychoanalysis as uncomfortable thoughts and feelings begin to get close to the surface this is when they become conscious a client will resist the self exploration which would bring them into the open, with the discomfort associated in these emotional states they are not measured as memories but will be experienced as fully contemporary transference.
The client can be experiencing life at great intensity, because of being burdened by the transference or painful emotions from other sources, and they will use various defences (resistance) to avoid the full emotional intensity.
This can be that they will become silent, or try to discontinue treatment all together. This to a analyst would signal the possibility that they are unconsciously trying to avoid threatening thoughts or feelings the analyst would then encourage the client to consider what these thoughts and feelings might be, and how that they can exert an important influence on their psychological