psychoanalysis Flashcards
1
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free association
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- used to unravel the unconscious mind and its conflicts
- patient lies on a couch and speaks about whatever comes to mind.
2
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transference
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eventually, they open up and reveal private thoughts, developing pos/neg feelings (transference) toward the therapist.
3
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resistance
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during free association, the patient resists their feelings in order to express emotions. this becomes important in analysis of conflict-driven anxiety
4
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focus and purpose
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focuses on the repressed impulses and conflicts from childhood- aims to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
5
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techniques
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- free associations
- resistance
- transference
6
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psychoanalysis
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first formal psychotherapy, developed by sigmund freud
