Ophelia’s Suffering Brought About by Hamlet Hamlet‚ a tragic love story‚ begins with Hamlet and Ophelia being forbidden to see each other by Ophelia’s father. Eventually‚ as the play continues‚ Hamlet begins to lash out not only at Ophelia‚ but at all who attempt to get close to him‚ as a result of his father’s death. Amidst Hamlet’s bouts of “madness” he hurts many of those who love him‚ including Ophelia. Throughout Hamlet‚ Ophelia consistently suffers as a result of the actions of her love
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However‚ defences can become overwhelmed or too rigid and cause distress which often brings a client into therapy. No list of defences is exhaustive. It was beyond the scope of this essay to look at how others have built on Freud’s defences such as Melanie Klein. I believe understanding defences is key for both ourselves and our client. Freud’s Model of Repression Gomez (1997) felt Freud saw the mind was dynamic and consisted of two parts the conscious and the unconscious. The unconscious part gives
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“Can we ever leave the past behind?” To answer this question I will be considering the theories of Melanie Klein and Erik Erickson‚ as highlighted in module 2. I will be describing these stage theories of development in children‚ and how these theories suggest that successful or unsuccessful development of each stage may have an effect on a person in their adult life‚ thus supporting the notion that you can never leave the past behind you. I will then be looking at some of the other popular theories
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Klein studied children from a very early age and she thought the age between four to six months was critical in the development of object relations. This stage is when the infant ’s drives of hunger‚ sex‚ and needs are directed to an object. Examples of
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TMA01 Throughout history‚ people have strived to determine the origin of mental illness. Since the19th century psychologists have debated the issue‚ which eventually led to the development of psychological theories. At the fore front of these developments was Freud who essentially saw mental illness arising from childhood trauma and such trauma could be cured by the encouraging the client to recal past experiences. In the first half of this essay I will describe and compare
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Begin by explaining the theory‚ then show how the theory leads to the therapy. If you know very little about psychology‚ and you have heard of just one psychologist‚ the chances are that this is Sigmund Freud‚ the founder of the psychodynamic approach to psychology‚ or psychoanalysis. If Freud represents your layperson’s idea of psychology then you probably have an image of a patient lying on a couch talking about their deepest and darkest secrets. In deliberate contrast to behavioral psychology
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the unconscious. Psychoanalytic explanations find it especially difficult to explain the cyclical nature of bipolar disorder‚ and mood disorders such as SAD and post natal depression; they only seem to have an explanation for depression. Melanie Klein‚ a post Freudian‚ claims that whether an individual loses his or her self esteem depends on the quality of the individual’s relationship as an infant with his or her mother during the first year of life. If an individual doesn’t have positive experiences
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Family Therapy Models Abstract Family Therapy Models Family therapy models of psychotherapy can be divided into three classifications—ahistorical‚ historical‚ and experiential (Griffin & Greene‚ 1998‚ p. 3). The ahistorical classification includes structural family therapy‚ strategic family therapy‚ behavioral family therapy‚ psychoeducational family therapy‚ and communication models (Griffin & Greene‚ 1998‚ p. 3). The historical classification
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This paperwork of PSY 330 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 Psychoanalytic Theory shows the solutions to the following problems: Select one of the following options for this discussion. Indicate in your post which option you are responding to. Option A: Psychoanalytic theory presents explanations for abnormal behavior as well as a variety of methods for treatment of that behavior. Select one of the methods or techniques used in psychoanalysis and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this approach
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Women in Psychology Paper PSY/310 It feels as though most of the time when thinking about psychology and the great contributions that have been made to it‚ that most of them have been from men‚ but along the way there have been several influential women that have contributed to the field of psychology as well. Just like men‚ there were several women who were pioneers‚ theorists‚ and counselors; many of these women have contributed to
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