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    of his parent’s eight children. Freud founded psychoanalysis‚ the method of treatment to treat mental and nervous disorders‚ which is not the same as psychodynamic counselling today. Freud studied medicine at the university of Vienna‚ where he was influenced by one of his teachers Ernst Brucke‚ Ernst Brucke believed in the mechanistic approach seeing a person as a machine‚ determined by physical or chemical causes. Freud moved into neurophysiology (the nervous system and how it functions)‚ where

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    Perspectives In the case of Damon‚ I choice the Biological‚ Psychodynamic and Sociocultural Approach to try and explain his behavior. I will describe these approaches and relate them to Damon’s case. I will start with psychodynamic approach. The psychodynamic approach tries to understand what is going on inside of someone. They try to see what is going on in the unconscious part of that persons mind. It looks at a person’s childhood experiences and how it significantly affects emotions and behavior

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    Psychodynamic Perspective The psychodynamic perspective was originally developed by Sigmund Freud but includes ideas from many other people who have developed Freud?s arguments. The main assumption of the psychodynamic perspective is that all behaviour can be explained in terms of the inner conflicts of the mind. For example‚ in the case study of Little Hans‚ Freud argued that Little Hans? phobia of horses was caused by a displaced fear of his father. The psychodynamic perspective emphasises

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    Psychodynamic essay The main assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that all behaviour can be explained in terms of the inner conflicts of the mind. For example‚ in the case study of Little Hans‚ Freud argued that Little Hans’ phobia of horses was caused by a displaced fear of his father. The psychodynamic approach emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind‚ the structure of personality and the influence that childhood experiences have on later life. Freud believed that the unconscious mind

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    22/05/2013 Criteria 8.1 - Describe the main elements of psychodynamic theory Words: 248 Date: 05/06/2013 Criteria 9.1 - Describe the main elements of cognitive behavioural theory Words: 217 Date: 05/06/2013 Criteria 10.1 – Compare basic differences between the three theories Words: 131 Date: 15/05/2013 – 22/05/2013 – 05/06/2013 Criteria 11.1 – describe how theory might underpin skills * Humanistic – words: 97 * Psychodynamic – words: 107 * Cognitive behavioural – words: 111

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    Unit 18: Humanistic and Psychodynamic Abraham Harold Maslow- Humanistic Approach Humanistic is the psychology study of how the human works as a whole. This studies the uniqueness of the person through their behaviour. Rather than just observing the humans behaviour‚ humanistic psychologists try to study the humans behaviour first person rather than just observing. Meaning they try to understand the situation and the emotional feelings the person is going through for them to have that specific

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    JULY 05‚ 2011 Psychodynamics is the theory and systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior‚ especially the dynamic relations between conscious motivation and unconscious motivation. Psychodynamics also describe the processes of the mind as flows of psychological energy (Libido) in an organically complex brain. The words ‘psychodynamic’ and ‘psychoanalytic’ are often confused. Sigmund Freud’s theories were psychoanalytic‚ whereas the term ‘psychodynamic’ refers to both

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    Psychodynamic Theory The psychodynamic theorist such as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung suggest that psychological‚ emotional‚ and motivational forces occur in an unconscious level. Given the diverse cultural backgrounds that exist it is pivotal that professionals in the field develop an understanding of the ethnocentric limitations of the psychodynamic theory. Understanding the psychodynamic theory and multicultural elements coincide‚ but given the ethnocentric limitations discussed in this paper

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    the female persona in the poem she is also experiencing sexual desires of her father. 3) Gerisch‚ B. (1998). `This is not death‚ it is something safer’: A psychodynamic approach to Sylvia Plath. Death Studies‚ 22(8)‚ 735. Professor Benigna Gerisch PhD is a Clinical psychology‚ psychoanalysis in the area of intervention‚ and Psychodynamic counseling teacher at the International Psychoanalytic University in Berlin Germany. She worked in her field for 21 years before becoming a teacher. Her current

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    important if you are wary about which counsellor to choose: Counselling Approaches Psychological therapies generally fall into three categories. These are behavioural therapies‚ which focus on cognitions and behaviours‚ psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies‚ which focus on the unconscious relationship patterns that evolved from childhood‚ and humanistic therapies‚ which focus on looking at the ’here and now’. This is a generalisation though and counselling usually overlaps some of these

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