Psychodynamic Theory Essay

Sigmand Freud, also known as ‘’golden siggie’ by his mother was, in his time, a strong cocaine user, but he was also an incredible medical doctor, he was extremely interested in mental health problem that the people were aware of. His aim was always to create a psychological theory that applied to everybody. Nowadays Freud is known in psychology as the father of psychoanalysis. Freud’s psychodynamic theory focuses on both development and the unconscious mind which is where mental health problems are supposedly formed. Although this theory doesn’t apply to everyone, Freud followed it strongly when concerning his various case studies.
In Freud’s theory he stated that there were three levels of consciousness, the conscious which includes everything that is inside
He stated that if progression through these stages did not happen or unresolved issues occurred in a stage it could affect their behaviour as adults, even leading to mental illnesses. For instance if one becomes stuck in the oral stage as a child they may become obsessed with stimulating their mouth, for instance smoking, chewing, talking or even overeating, they can also tend to be very needy and often sarcastic with a hard personality. Eating disorders are significant mental health issues which could originate in an individuals psychosexual development. Similarly if a child becomes stuck in the anal stage they may either become anally expulsive which means they would become messy people, reflecting their jobs and personality, or anally retentive, portraying them to be stubborn, obsessively clean and tidy as well as being tight with money and their emotions. One could also become stuck in the phallic stage which could possible lead to homosexuality or a vain and proud