Psychoanalytic Therapy Flashcards
Model of personality development and an approach to psychotherapy
The first therapeutic procedures for understanding and modifying the structure of one’s basic character
Identify and understand how unconscious thoughts, feelings, and experiences influence our behavior
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Pioneer of Psychoanalytic Therapy
Sigmund Freud
According to Freud, behavior is controlled by instinctual desires (Id), unconscious thoughts and emotions (Unconscious), and childhood experiences (Psychosexual development) rather than logical thinking.
The Unconscious Mind
Concepts of the unconscious and of the levels of consciousness (6)
Dream Analysis
Slips of the Tongue
Posthypnotic Suggestions
Free-association
Projective Techniques
Symbolic Content
Structure of personality (Freud)
Id
Ego
Superego
The Freudian chronological phases of development (3)
Oral Stage
Anal Stage
Phallic Stage
3 types of anxiety
Reality Anxiety (Ego)
Neurotic Anxiety (Id)
Moral Anxiety (superego)
Ego Defense Mechanism (11)
Repression
Denial
ReactionFormation
Projection
Displacement
Rationalization
Sublimation
Regression
Introjection
Identification
Compensation
Where the ego resides.
Conscious
3 archetypes of Jung
Persona
Shadow
Anima & Animus
Reasons for developing maladaptive behavior (4)
No good examples of
adaptive behavior
Chaotic life
Chronic illness
Not be able to pinpoint the
cause
The imbalance between Id,Ego,Superego can becaused by: (4)
Trauma
Anxiety and Panic Disorders
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Personality Disorder
Types of Maladaptive Behaviour in Psychoanalytic Therapy
Anger
Substance Use
Maladaptive Daydreaming
Sexually Maladaptive Behavior
Avoidance
Withdrawal
Passive-agressiveness
Self-harm
The techniques/interventions in Psychoanalytic Therapy (6)
Maintaining the Analytic Framework
Free Association
Interpretation
Dream Analysis
Analysis of Resistance
Analysis of Transference
Consistent structure and setting of the therapy sessions.
Maintaining the Analytic Framework
Clients are encouraged to say whatever comes to mind.
Free Association
Consists of the analyst’s pointing out, explaining, and even teaching
the client the meanings of behavior.
Interpretation
Freud considered dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious”.
Dream Analysis
2 types of dream content
Latent Content
Manifest content
Consists of hidden, symbolic, and unconscious motives, wishes, and fears.
Latent content
The actual dream as it appears to the dreamer.
Manifest content
Your mind transforms this “dangerous” desire into a more
acceptable form.
Dream Work
Anything that works against the progress of therapy
Analysis of Resistance
When earlier relationships contribute to clients distorting the present with the therapist.
Analysis of Transference
