Psychoanalytic & Adlerian Theory Reading Summaries
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Freud viewed human nature as having three parts; the id, the ego and the superego. They all worked together to form the individual. The id is the force that drives us the child within us that never grows up. The ego is the one inside us that tried to tame the id and control it, while the superego is the control center that controls morals and values.
The role of a therapist is to help the client with the change in personality that he or she desires. The ultimate goal of psychoanalytic treatment is to increase adaptive functioning, which involves the reduction of symptoms and the resolution of conflicts (Wolitzky, 2011a).
The therapist basically allows the client to transfer or project onto them. This is called transference. They decline to give advice or but allow the client to work through the issues on their own. They have a very structured therapy session, with very structured session, appointment times, and fee schedules, along with limited missed appointments and the client must make a commitment to stay with therapy for an extended period of time.65
The six basic techniques of psychoanalytic therapy are (1) maintaining the analytic framework, (2) free association, (3) interpretation, (4) dream analysis, (5) analysis of resistance, and (6) analysis of transference. (Corey pg 79) I like the aspects of free association and interpretation most. I believe that a therapist can learn a lot from a person by letting them talk and tell them about their past and dreams, goals, aspirations, and past experiences. The aspect I like the least is the analysis of maintaining the analytic framework. I understand that some clients need structure, but I also understand that there are times when a client is overwhelmed and needs a break and possibly needs to miss an appointment or take a vacation. I do not believe this is always detrimental to their therapy.
Adlerian Therapy
Adlerian therapy focuses on encouragement. The main aim of therapy is to to
Freud viewed human nature as having three parts; the id, the ego and the superego. They all worked together to form the individual. The id is the force that drives us the child within us that never grows up. The ego is the one inside us that tried to tame the id and control it, while the superego is the control center that controls morals and values.
The role of a therapist is to help the client with the change in personality that he or she desires. The ultimate goal of psychoanalytic treatment is to increase adaptive functioning, which involves the reduction of symptoms and the resolution of conflicts (Wolitzky, 2011a).
The therapist basically allows the client to transfer or project onto them. This is called transference. They decline to give advice or but allow the client to work through the issues on their own. They have a very structured therapy session, with very structured session, appointment times, and fee schedules, along with limited missed appointments and the client must make a commitment to stay with therapy for an extended period of time.65
The six basic techniques of psychoanalytic therapy are (1) maintaining the analytic framework, (2) free association, (3) interpretation, (4) dream analysis, (5) analysis of resistance, and (6) analysis of transference. (Corey pg 79) I like the aspects of free association and interpretation most. I believe that a therapist can learn a lot from a person by letting them talk and tell them about their past and dreams, goals, aspirations, and past experiences. The aspect I like the least is the analysis of maintaining the analytic framework. I understand that some clients need structure, but I also understand that there are times when a client is overwhelmed and needs a break and possibly needs to miss an appointment or take a vacation. I do not believe this is always detrimental to their therapy.
Adlerian Therapy
Adlerian therapy focuses on encouragement. The main aim of therapy is to to