Psycodynamic Theory and Therapy

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Sigmund Freud : Psycho-analysis and Psychiatry (Lecture XVI )

, 301-317

Sigmund Freud : Psycho-analysis and Psychiatry (Lecture XVI )

, 301-317

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Sigmund Freud

Psycho-analysis and Psychiatry (Lecture XVI )

, 301-317

Fixation to Traumas - The Unconscious (Lecture XVIII )

, 338 - 353

Resistance and Repression (Lecture XIX ) 354 - 374

Sigmund Freud coined and used the term psycho-analysis as a method used for investigating mental processes to gather psychological information for discovering treatments of neurotic diss . He states that every mental dis is curable by

psycho-analysis and his method of psychoanalysis is based on unconscious , resistance and repression

Freud accounted mind as composed of three different elements namely Id ego and super-ego . The id part has sexual drives for satisfaction super-ego comprises conscience mainly imparted by parents , and ego is the self-created conscious resulted from interactions between id and super-ego

Repression

Repression occur from a painful event that is not remembered but unconsciously it is still in mind and results in certain kind of fear that protects the person from some future threats

Freud defines unconsciousness as an event that cannot be brought back to the consciousness unless psychoanalysis is done

Repression evokes defense mechanism and results from repression of a bad event into unconsciousness . Though the experiences resulted from that event still remains in the mind of a person , he tends to forget about the event itself . Repression cannot be destroyed and is part of normal brain process . Though the painful event is not remembered but it still exists in our mind and still executes its consequences and can result in certain abnormal behavior . Analysis of dreams was also important part of Freud 's treatment process . He believed dreams to be the result of those events that are stored in our unconscious mind There is a normal level of repression and the one that results from a neurotic illness . Some abnormal neurotic attitudes result from repression in childhood

Psychoanalysis therapy involves relating the three elements of mind in a healthy relationship . According to him repressed events are buried in the unconscious mind . He used the method of curing by letting the patient to talk freely about the symptoms and events that occurred to him . Hence this way he would let his patients to dissipate those forces lied in his unconscious mind . The logic behind this free-talk is to neutralize patient 's super-ego and realize his own resistances during the process . In this method he lets all that is repressed in unconscious mind to filter out into conscious ego . He regards patient 's neurotic condition as a result of repressed events in the unconscious mind Occurrence of the resistance during this process is a normal thing and an indication of correct assessment of the condition

Resistance was regarded as a hurdle in the process of treatment Resistance is important to occur in for patient to recall certain forgotten events . It is psychic force that resists repressed events to appear in our consciousness and hence tend to...