Psychodynamic psychotherapies

Question 1

The unconscious

Answer 1

Basic concept, lot of theories that started with Freud. Common thread:

• Experience and actions are influenced by psychological processes that are not part of our conscious awareness
• these processes are kept out of awareness in order to avoid psychological pain.

Question 2

Fantasy

Answer 2

Play important role acc. to this type of therapy. Relate to external experience and reationships w others.

Question 3

Primary and secondary processes

Answer 3

Prim: No distinct betw. past, present, future. Begins at birth.

Sec: fucntioning associated w consciousness. Logical, orderly

Question 4

Defense

Answer 4

Defense mechanisms to avoid emotional pain:

Intellectualization (talking about threatening siutation while keeping emotional distance)

Projection (Attributing threat to other person)

Reaction formation (Denies and claim you feel opposite)

Splitting (Kleinian theory: Avoid perception of negative in someone seen as positive, therefore splitting into two images (infants))

Question 5

Transference

Answer 5

Transfering a template from the past onto the present situation

Question 6

Models of unconscious

Answer 6

Conflict theory

Object relations theory

Developmental theory

Question 7

Concepts concerning therapeutic interactions

Answer 7

Transference

Countertransference

resistance

intersubjectivity

enactment