May 2 Flashcards
Psychoanalysis
Developed by Freud
Focuses on probing past defense mechanisms of repression and rationalization to understand the unconscious cause of a problem
Free association is a good way to do this
Insight
Psychoanalytic approach to the treatment of abnormal behavior is rooted here
Primary key to eliminating problem
Patient gets insight through psychoanalysis
Free association
Patient reports any and all conscious thoughts and ideas, sometimes while under hypnosis
Manifest content
Symbols in dreams representing the latent content of dreams
Latent
Truly meaningful content of dreams
In psychoanalytic therapy, therapists strive to
remain detached from the patient, resisting emotional or personal involvement which encourages transference
Transference
Occurs when the patient shifts thoughts and feelings about certain people or events onto the therapist
Thought to help reveal the nature of the patients conflicts
Countertransference
Occurs when the therapist transfers his or her own feelings onto the patient
In order to avoid counterteansference
Psychotherapists have typically undergone analysis themselves, and many continue to do so while practicing therapy
Humanistic approach treats the individual as
a client