Psychological therapies:psychoanalysis
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- Psychoanalysis
- Repression and the unconscious mind
- This therapy is based on the idea that individuals are unaware of factors
- Some factors are thought as unconsciouse
- The behaviour is a result of a supressed memory
- During psychoanalysis the therapist aims to trace the trace the unconscious factors
- The therapist uses different techniques to uncover the repressed material and helps the client deal with it
- Free association
- Free association is when the patient expresses thoughts exactly as they occur
- The procedure is designed to reveal areas of conflict
- The therapist helps interpret thoughts for the patient who corrects and rejects further thoughts and feelings
- Therapist Iterpritation
- The therapist listen as their patients talk
- The therapist draws conclusions allowing them to understand the causes of the problem
- The patient may resist at first but will eventually share more willingly
- Working through
- Patients tend to meet with the therapist 4 or 5 times a week
- The therapist and client will work and go over the same issue until its resolved
- This allows the patient to understand the influences of the past in their current condition
- Working through the past allows the patient to gain control over their inner conflicts
- Repression and the unconscious mind
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