Theories Flashcards
Jung
Analytical psychology
Transactional analysis parts of the mind
Child, adult, parent
Thantos
Freudian concept; individuals demonstrating self destructive behavior ruled by this force
Free association
Analytic technique where client is instructed to say whatever comes to mind
Transference
Client treats therapist in similar manner as a previous individual
Countertransference
Redirection of therapist’s feelings towards client
Symptom substitution
If symptom (not the underlying problem) is addressed another symptom will occur to replace it
Eric Berne
Transactional analysis
Psychodynamic vs psychoanalytic therapy
Fewer sessions, uses analytic principles, and is face to face
Catharsis or abrecation
Talking about difficulties in order to purge emotions
Topographical theory
Freud’s model of the mind represented as an iceberg (conscious above water, preconscious, unconscious)
Interpretation
Helps client become aware of the unconscious
Parapraxis
Slips of the tongue, pathology of every day life
Ego defense mechanisms
Unconscious processes which serve to minimize anxiety and protect the self from severe Id or superego demands, protect self image. Tends to deny or distort reality
Repression
Ego defense mechanism, viewed as the most important. Individual truly forgets painful memory
Denial
Ego defense mechanism, suppression
Reaction formation
Ego defense mechanism, act opposite of how one feels
Projection
Ego defense mechanism, attribute own qualities to others
Displacement
Ego defense mechanism, divert energy on to safe target
Rationalization
Ego defense mechanism, making up reason or excuse for bruises ego
Sublimination
Ego defense mechanism, divert energy into other channels
Regression
Ego defense mechanism, go back to earlier development phase with fewer demands
Introjection
Ego defense mechanism, taking in values of others
Identification
Ego defense mechanism, associating self with something successful
Compensation
Ego defense mechanism, overdevelop a trait to make up for limitation
Kohler
Experiments on monkeys that found insight - client becomes aware of a factor in his/her life that was previously unknown
Psyche
Total human mind including the unconscious and conscious
Logos
Men’s mind operation, based on logic
Eros
Women’s mind operation, based on intuition
Introversion
Turning in of libido. Self brings pleasure
Extroversion
Finding pleasure in external factors
Collective unconscious
Jung’s concept. Common to all men and women, deepest level of the psyche containing the accumulation of inherited experiences of humanity made up of archetypes
Archetypes
Universal experiences or symbols that mean something to everyone (includes persona, ego, shadow, anima/animus, & self)
Depth psychology
Assumes something is wrong below the level of awareness
Individuation
Harmonious integration of unconscious and conscious where one learns to accept shadow
Persona
Mask or face presented to outside world
Ego
Center of consciousness, but is influenced by unconscious
Shadow
Qualities we wish to keep out of sight, forced out of awareness
Anima/animus
Equally exists in both genders. Female & male qualities.
Self
Totality of entire psyche, created via individuation