Psychodynamic Approaches 2 Flashcards
OCD according to Freud
Fear Id impulses, use of defense mechanisms reaction formation and undoing, fixation at anal stage
Depression according to Freud
Similar to grieving, regression to oral stage, imagined/symbolic loss, interjection of negative feelings
Freud goals of therapy
- Make unconscious conscious
- Strengthen ego
- Make super ego humane
Freud thought that therapy was not for
People with psychosis, near or above age 50, uneducated, unreliable character
Freud wanted his clients to have ___ sessions/week
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Free association
allow the mind to wander and report everything that comes to mind even if unpleasant or seemingly meaningless (the fundamental rule)
Goal of free association
To lift repressions by making the unconscious conscious
Resistance
anything that works against the process of therapy, not adhering to fundamental rule, ego protects itself from repressed id
Transference
Clients perceive analysts as reincarnations of key figures from life, transfer onto them emotions and feelings associated with past relationship
Goal of transference
Allows therapist to learn more about important relationships and impact on adult behavior
Interpretation
Constructions or explanations of what has happened to clients and been forgotten and what is happening now without their understanding
Goals of interpretation
Understand id impulses, repressed unconscious material become conscious, and helps clients gain insight into defense mechanisms and resistances
Dream analysis
Understanding of knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind
Function of dreams
Wish fulfillment
Dream work
Complex mental process of disguise involving condensation, displacement, symbolism
Freud changed how we think about
Human nature
Jung levels of consciousness
Consciousness, personal unconsciousness, collective unconscious
Consciousness
Known and available to the individual, ego at its center
Personal unconsciousness
Memories and experiences that have been forgotten or repressed
Collective unconscious
Inherited from our ancestors
Archetypes
Persona, anima, animus, shadow, self
Persona
A public personality
Anima
Feminine side in male personality
Animus
Masculine side in female personality
Shadow
Dark side of personality
Self
Personality as a whole
Jungian psychodynamics
Psychic energy, compensation, transcendent function
Psychic energy
Spiritual and other motivating forces
Compensation
Balance or adjust energy distributed through psyche
Transcendent function
Synthesizing process which can remove some of the separation between conscious and unconscious
Jung stages of life
Childhood, youth, middle age, extreme old age
Childhood ages Jung
Birth-puberty
Youth Jung
Puberty -35/40
Middle age Jung
35/40-extreme old age
Person becomes differentiated as separate psychological individual
Distinct from collective psychology
Individuation of self
Integration of unconscious and conscious into whole self
Individuation of self is similar to
Self actualization
Key time for Individuation of self
Middle age
