Discuss the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Three Main Theories covered in this Module. This essay will attempt to highlight and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the three main theories of counselling within the module covered this term. The three approaches in discussion are psychodynamics‚ cognitive behavioural and humanistic. The psychodynamic theory originated from Sigmund Freud‚ a medical doctor and philosopher (1856 - 1939) founded in the 1900s. Freud developed his ideas whilst working
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detective story of two reporters from the popular US newspaper‚ Washington Post. They helped to remove President Richard Nixon from office in 1972. The movie is based on a book by the said reporters whose names are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. All the President’s Men is said to be “a genuine modern classic and one of the finest and most significant films American cinema has ever produced”. Even though these movies are of different genres‚ their underlying stories bring to
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Psychodynamic Theorist Psychodynamic Theorist Throughout psychology‚ many theorists are remembered for his or her work in specialized areas. Sigmund Freud‚ Erik Erikson‚ Alfred Adler‚ and Carl Jung were psychoanalysts. Each theorist had his own view and that view was brought into the psychology field and has earned its own right to become a theory. Many of the theories are still used today and may continue to be used in future studies. Sigmund Freud became known as the founding father of
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get there. It is not an end in itself; it is a never ending process of growth. The humanistic movement wanted to take a more holistic look at psychology by encouraging personal growth and self awareness. In 1964‚ Maslow‚ along with fellow theorists Carl Rogers‚ the psychologist responsible for person-centred therapy‚ and Rollo May‚ an existential psychologist who represented the European currents of existentialism‚ attended the First Invitational Conference on Humanistic Psychology in Connecticut
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Psychoanalysis (Sigmund Freud) believes that there are 3 levels of awareness of one’s mind conscious preconscious unconscious acc. to Freud‚ there are 3 parts of personality id (pleasure) ego (reality) superego (moral center of one’s personality) Carl Gustav Jung believed that there is a collective unconscious that contains archetypes or models of people‚ behaviors‚ and personalities which are innate‚ universal‚ and hereditary 4 major archetypes the self the shadow the anima or animus the
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There are many differences between the work of Mr. Sigmund Freud and the work of Carl Jung. Freud’s ideas focused heavily on sexual tendencies and dysfunctions and Jung did not (Benjamin‚ 124) For instance‚ their disagreements on matter started with the ideas of the unconscious. Freud thought the unconscious mind was centered on sexuality. He viewed it as a file-cabinet for all hidden sexual desires and tendencies that would began right after birth. Freud thought when an individual did not appropriately
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Personality Overview Gurveer Dosanjh Psych 405 11/14/2011 ANGELA SNELLING Personality Overview Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic theory has many strengths‚ however it lacks empirical evidence. Carl Jung was the creator of the psychoanalytical psychology‚ and unlike Freud who focused on the self or the inner workings of the mind and conscious‚ Jung focused on a network of interacting systems that want to achieve harmony. Jung created the concept of the psych while Freud made the concept of the
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Running head: EVALUATING JUNG FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE Evaluating Jung From A Christian Perspective Abstract Carl Gustav Jung has influenced many facets of modern psychology and counseling with his unique spiritual approach to personality theory. Herein lies a biographical address of Jung ’s life‚ a comprehensive overview of the principle tenets of his personality theories‚ and a Christian evaluation of his work. Specific attention is given to comparing and contrasting Jung ’s theory
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similar ideas forming around the same time by many people. Physician Franz Anton Mesmer explored in his practise and published works on his discovery of animal magnetism (mesmerism)‚ from which James Braid developed Hypnotherapy. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are the individuals credited with the foundations of modern psychology and psychotherapy. Freud used Hypnotherapy in his early work then developed his method called Psychoanalysis‚ based on the concept of ego‚ superego‚ id and behaviours driven
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amazement in people through writing is an even greater feat. Carl Sagan‚ the author of “Pale Blue Dot‚” uses scale to draw relevance to the perspective that we are insignificant and tiny in comparison to the Universe that surrounds us. His writing style is reflective‚ presenting the information in a way that inspires a sense of wonderment in his readers. This sense of wonderment can also be seen in many of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s works‚ who accredits Carl Sagan as a main influential factor in his scientific
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