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PSYCHOANALYSIS

Psychoanalysis
• Psychoanalysis is a therapeutic approach and theory, founded by Sigmund
Freud, that seeks to explore the unconscious mind to uncover repressed
feelings and interpret deep-rooted emotional patterns, often using techniques
like dream analysis and free association.
• The primary assumption of psychoanalysis is the belief that all people
possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories.
• According to Freud, neurotic problems in later life are a product of the
conflicts that arise during the Oedipal phase of development.
• These conflicts may be repressed because the immature ego is unable to deal
with them at the time.
Basic Assumption
• Psychoanalytic psychologists see psychological problems as rooted in the
unconscious mind.
• Manifest symptoms are caused by latent (hidden) disturbances.
• Typical causes include unresolved issues during development or repressed trauma.
• Freud believed that people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious
thoughts and motivations, thus gaining insight.
• Treatment focuses on bringing the repressed conflict to consciousness, where the
client can deal with it.
How Can We Understand The
Unconscious Mind?
1. Remember, psychoanalysis is a therapy as well as a theory. Psychoanalysis is
commonly used to treat depression and anxiety disorders.
2. In psychoanalysis (therapy), Freud would have a patient lie on a couch to relax,
and he would sit behind them taking notes while they told him about their dreams
and childhood memories.
3. Psychoanalysis would be a lengthy process, involving many sessions with the
psychoanalyst
4. During analysis, the analyst interprets the patient’s thoughts, actions and dreams,
and points out their defenses.
Symptoms, including inkblots,
parapraxes, free association,
interpretation (including dream
analysis), resistance analysis and
transference analysis.
1.Rorschach inkblots
• The Rorschach inkblot itself doesn”t mean anything, it’s ambiguous (i.e., unclear). It is what
you read into it that is importa.The inkblot is known as a projective test as the patient
“projects” information from their unconscious mind to interpret the inkblot.
2. Freudian Slip
• Unconscious thoughts and feelings can transfer to the conscious mind in the form of
parapraxes, popularly known as Freudian slips or slips of the tongue.
• Freud believed that slips of the tongue provided an insight into the unconscious mind and
that there were no accidents, every behavior (including slips of the tongue) was significant
(i.e., all behavior is determined).
3.Free Association
A key part of learning to conduct psychoanalytic psychotherapy involves developing skills and
techniques aimed at accessing and understanding unconscious processes.

4.Dream Analysis
According to Freud, the analysis of dreams is “the royal road to the unconscious.” He argued
that the conscious mind is like a censor, but it is less vigilant when we are asleep.
In dream analysis, the analyst attempts to unravel and interpret the symbolic nature of the
patient’s dreams.

5.Transference Analysis
Transference refers to how the client relates to the therapist in ways that unconsciously reflect
early important relationships.
Of key importance in psychoanalytic therapy is transference. Freud had originally noticed that
his patients sometimes felt and acted toward him as if he were an important person from the
patient’s past.
Countertransference
The therapist’s own unconscious reactions to the client that can give insight
into the therapeutic relationship dynamics
.
In psychoanalysis, countertransference refers to the emotional reactions and
unconscious biases a therapist might have towards a patient, often influenced
by the therapist’s own past experiences or unresolved feelings.
Clinical Applications
Critical Evaluation
Neo Freudians

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