psychoanalysis

Question 1

what does psychoanalysis therapy do

Answer 1

patients verbalise their thoughts

aim to access unconscious mind

bring trauma to conscious to directly deal with it

Question 2

problems with psychoanalysis therapy

Answer 2

time consuming (Freud saw patients five times a week often for years)

bring conflicts and repressed emotions to conscious

Question 3

what techniques did Freud use

Answer 3

hypnosis

free association

Question 4

Airchhorn- used to treat young offenders

Answer 4

due to uncaring or absent parents they failed to develop loving relationships

normal socialisation hadn’t taken place so had not developed superego

Question 5

is psychoanalysis effective?
YES (Shelder)

Answer 5

works as well as or at least equal to other psychotherapy treatments

Question 6

is psychoanalysis effective?
NO
Blackburn
Andrews et al

Answer 6

time consuming and expensive

ethical issues (raise painful memories)

Blackburn - few positive evaluation points
Andrews et al - traditional psychodynamic…therapies are to be avoided within general samples of offenders