PSY1011 ESSAY COVER SHEET Essay Title: What are the main differences between trait and psychodynamic theories of personality? Student Name: Amna Saleh Student Number: M00374478 Word Count (Excluding Title and Reference Section): 832 Personality‚ in a human being‚ is a collection of psychological traits and mechanisms that tend to influence a person’s interactions and changes to social‚ psychological and physical environment which surrounds them (Lee‚ 2012). Personality is a factor
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concepts and provide an understanding of psychodynamic theory and its application. This will be done in relation to a case study and role play carried out on Frances Ashe‚ a middle aged woman who has been in therapy for five years. The key concepts of psychodynamic theory which will be explored further include stages of development‚ ego defences and past and present links. Psychodynamic refers to the inner drives and conflicts of the mind. Psychodynamic counselling is derived from psychoanalytic
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John arrived to CFAR for counseling after his wife asked for space from the relationship and asked him to leave their home. John’s attitude towards counseling seems positive and hopeful. John and the therapist established a good therapeutic relationship early in the treatment. At first‚ John appeared nervous and he had this worried look. However‚ he expresses his feelings freely and he was not afraid to show his emotions. John had an effect on the therapist when he was discussing his relationship
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The act of communicating during counseling sessions consists of sending and receiving messages simultaneously. When either of these acts‚ i.e. sending or receiving are interrupted‚ or distorted the quality of communications is degraded. Consequently‚ counselors must maintain a personal and interpersonal awareness of their client’s attentiveness of both elements and in tune when either element is lacking that contributes to effective communication. Conversely‚ the counselors should adjust to their
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a. Throughout the case description‚ Jerry listed multiple things he experiences fear or startle responses from. First‚ he stated that he does not share his war experiences with his family because he is afraid that they will leave him and think he is a monster‚ which may be associated to not sharing his thoughts and feelings with anyone else in his life. Second‚ Jerry sought psychotherapy because of anger dysregulation and insomnia‚ both of which may be secondary to his doctor’s recommendation that
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Lauren Glynn Outline the key features of the psychodynamic approach to psychopathology (6 marks) The first key feature is the balance (or imbalance) of the ID and the superego. The ID is instincts that people are born with‚ and is completely based around pleasure and is completely selfish. The superego is concerned with what is right and what is wrong. It is morally driven and through socialisation people learn the moral standards of society. A healthy personality is developed when there is
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I find the approaches of psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ and person centered approaches to counseling fascinating. There are many different aspects to all three approaches that fit my personality. I do not believe that I would be able to pick one single approach and stick to it. I do however feel that if you have a client that would benefit from one single approach then that would be the responsible thing to do for the client. However‚ I am not sure if a persons (professional) human nature
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The psychodynamic approach is mainly based on Freud’s ideas. Freud implied there was three main assumptions they include e.g. - how the unconscious mind drives our ideas‚ Freud believes the unconscious mind is repressed information is stored. However a limitation of this is that Popper questions whether the unconscious mind even exists as you can’t see it or touch it he also questions this due to the lack of scientific research to back up Freud’s assumption. On the other hand strength of this is
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INTRODUCTION Psychodynamic Theory is based on the premise that human behaviour and relationships are shaped by conscious and unconscious influences and include factors such as internal processes‚ personality‚ motivation and drives‚ and the importance of childhood experiences. The essay will discuss and demonstrate the application of dream analysis as a counselling approach and the personal and technical challenges associated with using the psychoanalytic technique of ‘free association’. This will
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East Central University 07-26-2013 Theories This paper is going to be over the philosophy theory that best describe me. I have choose the one theory that I feel best describe how I see my philosophy approach being based around. I have choose the theory of: Person-Centered theory. In this paper I am going to go over these theories‚ identify the skills that go along with each theory‚ and reflect on how it relates to myself. The theory I am going to go over is Person-Centered
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