Ron Pinson Psychology 643 Intro to Marriage & Family Therapy Autumn 2011 Professor Katrin Sanford‚ MS‚ LMFT Anna Maria College PSYCHODYNAMIC FAMILY THERAPY PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY The Beginnings of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud was the discoverer and inventor of psychoanalysis and coined the term in 1896 after publishing studies on Hysteria with Joseph Breuer in 1895. Psychoanalysis still remains unsurpassed in its approach to understanding human motivation‚ character development‚ and
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modern psychological perspectives. These perspectives are behavioral‚ psychodynamic‚ humanistic‚ cognitive‚ sociocultural‚ and biological. Each perspective has its own unique way of explaining the human behavior. I believe to truly explain the complex mental processes and behavior‚ each perspective must be examined‚ not limited to just one. The following is my explanation and comparisons between two of these perspectives: psychodynamic and behavioral. "The behavioral view is defined as the psychological
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Psychodynamic Counselling – Overview. Psychodynamic counselling has a long history and vast literature to condense so only a brief overview is possible here – following on from the themes already discussed and with particular focus on four psychologists: Freud‚ Jung‚ Adler and Klein. “The primary purpose of psychodynamic counselling is to help clients make sense of current situations; of memories associated with present experience‚ some of which spring readily to mind‚ others which may rise
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personality is the pattern of enduring characteristics that produce the consistency and individuality in a given person” (335). There are many different approaches to personality. Two of the approaches to personality are the psychodynamic approach and the behavioral approach. The psychodynamic approach to personality is the “approach that assumes that personality is motivated by inner
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20’s. Psychodynamic perspective developed by Sigmund Freud‚ and supported by his followers Adler‚ Erikson‚ and Jung. The psychodynamic approach includes all the theories in psychology‚ particularly unconscious‚ and between the different structures of the personality. On the other hand behaviourist psychology believes that people learn from the environment‚ and doesn’t consider about mental processes‚ instead psychodynamic approach looks at things happening in the mind only. Psychodynamic theory
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Psychodynamic Theories of Personality As you have previously learned‚ psychology is comprised of several theoretical orientations and subfields. With respect to the psychodynamic theoretical orientation‚ I would like you to briefly describe how someone from the psychodynamic perspective understands and explains personality development and the structure of the personality. I look forward to your thoughts. Sigmund Freud initially developed the Psychodynamic perspective of personality. It was the
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The Psychodynamic Perspective The psychodynamic perspective focuses on the effects of unconscious factors effecting the nature in which we behave. This perspective also focuses on the relationship of childhood experiences effecting adulthood thinking and actions. This theory has many benefits such as being able to provide explanations for the various human behaviors. By looking back at childhood experiences it is believed with the psychodynamic perspective you will be able to find an explanation
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Psychotropic or antipsychotic medications are drugs used to help stable a person’s mood who may suffer from a variety of different mental illnesses. Psychotropic and antipsychotic medications serve different purposes‚ and many are used in conjunction with one another to help reach therapeutic goals. Antidepressants such as‚ Lexapro or Zoloft‚ fall under the psychotropic medication pharmacological class. Medications known as Clozaril‚ Risperdal and Haldol‚ are drugs that fall under the class known
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Psychodynamic theory‚ in regards to working with a diverse population‚ has a various amount of strengths. The first being that analytic theory can be extremely effective when altered and adapted to the standards of the culture in which the counselor practices. Counselors can help their clients delve into the environmental situations‚ such as a kind of abuse‚ that have caused major turning points in the client’s life. This divulging of‚ or exposure to‚ these environmental situations allows the client
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Psychodynamic Theories Many psychologists have proposed theories that try to explain the origins of personality. One highly influential set of theories stems from the work of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud‚ who first proposed the theory of psychoanalysis. Collectively‚ these theories are known as psychodynamic theories. Although many different psychodynamic theories exist‚ they all emphasize unconscious motives and desires‚ as well as the importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality
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