Family Psychoanalysis Washington DC Details

By Christine Powell


Therapy is caught up in a monsoon rain of differing showers of intensity. There are two schools of thought, one the other the Freudian one and one the Jungian and also a one which includes a revisiting of the philosophies of Freud by Jacque Lacan. Have a look at the following article taking us through the topic Philosophical perspectives on literature psychoanalysis Washington DC.

This means that the treatment of clients is an act of faith based on the experience of individual therapists own experience. The conflict that Freud wrote of was the mind's ability to protect itself from harm by creating strategies that Freud named defense mechanisms. These mechanisms prevent conscious awareness of traumatic experience from the past in childhood that could cause distress to the client.

Assessing how an individual copes with reality allows the counsellor to identify harmful and inhibiting behaviors and correct them for future occurrences. Alongside this, attachment theory plays a crucial role in this particular practice. Some patients often find comfort in connecting childhood experiences to current situations as it can explain present actions, specifically regarding relationship preferences.

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From this stage, the baby would explore its world orally, to begin with, and as it became more dexterous and language developed would move through various exploratory devices such as anal, phallic, latent and genital. More importantly from a therapy point of view, each stage represented a maturing of the mind through socialization. This Freud saw as the development of the "Super-Ego" that part of the mind that took on board the beliefs and values of those around us.

From a more societal and cultural standpoint, one of the biggest critiques of psychoanalysis is that it has none. The premises and concepts that have formed the foundation of the field do not take these factors into account when dealing with patients in general, ultimately failing to uphold the standards held by the more modern bio psychosocial approach towards psychology and mental illnesses.

I happened to be teaching students the famous play of George Bernard Shaw the Arms and the Man. I have been peculiarly surprised by his construct of male characters who are obsessed with oedipal fantasies which they invest on their feminine amours. The lovers especially the feminine are role played upon with dialogues that portray them as lovable nurses and mothers.

It is impossible to explore all the differing types of analysis in this short essay however on of the most influential and clinically acceptable styles is that of Eric Bern who developed Transactional Analysis. In all psychoanalytical therapy, it is primarily aimed at the individual and the individual's problems of behavior and ability to cope in the present environment. The success of individual therapy is in the debate.




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