Sigmund Freud's Influence On Modern Child Therapy Practices

Freud has influenced modern child therapy practices. She expanded her father, Sigmund Freud’s work and identified many different types of defense mechanisms that the ego uses to protect itself from anxiety. For example, denial, repression and suppression have become so well-known that they are used in the modern day society. “It is often claimed that traumatic events are repressed, yet it appears that the trauma more often strengthens memories due to heightened emotional or physical sensations” (Furnham, 2015). Children tend not to remember anything. Suppression is almost similar to repression except for unconsciously pushes painful or difficult memories, actions, etc. Children often do not wish to admit or feel embarrassed to talk about it.