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Unit 2- Psychoanalysis :star: - Coggle Diagram
Unit 2- Psychoanalysi
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What is psychoanalysis?
It is an analysis of the psyche. Many techniques are used to help the client.
Transference
Client redirects unconscious repressed feelings for someone onto their therapists.
For example, a teacher at school reminds you of your grumpy grandfather so you cower from him.
During therapy the therapist will then work through these issues as transference usually points to some deeper issues from the past.
By working through the deeper issues these conflicts should subside along with the transference feelings towards the therapist.
Techniques used in psychoanalysis:
Free association
= the client is encouraged to express anything that comes into their minds. The client must not censor the material at all, and in tis freewheeling way the ego defenses may be lowered and repressed material accessed. The role of the therapist is to intervene occasionally.
Dream analysis
= By analysisinp the content of dreams, the therapist might be able to identify significant conflicts repressed into the unconscious. The therapist's role is to use this understanding of how the dream work operates to interpret the symbolism of the dream.
Evaluation
:red_cross: A weakness of psychoanalysis is that it depends on the therapists subjective interpretation of what the client says so it could be inaccurate.
:red_cross: A weakness of psychoanalysis have said it is only. treatment for the rich, it is rime consuming and very expensive.
:check: A strength is that it reduces the complexity of abnormal behaviour to early childhood trauma and problems with personality. There is evidence that biology is a factor.
:check: A strength of psychoanalysis is that by developing a method of treatment Freud developed a more optimistic view of mental disorders by offering the possibility of treatment in some cases.
Counter transference
redirection of the therapist's feelings onto the client. This can happen if for example the patient reminds them of their spouse or sibling.
In identifying these the therapist can help the client work through these.
For example, a therapist who feels irritated by a patient for no clear reason may eventually uncover subtle unconscious provocations made by the patient that irritate and repel others
Object relations
Freud believed that our behaviour was motivated by unconscious repressed drives however this theory emphasizes our early relations with our mother
If this relationship is a negative one, then the person will be affected in adulthood.
If we fail to form successful relationships at an early age then this will lead to problems later on as the way we relate to others is dependent on this.