Outline and evaluate the Psychodynamic approach to abnormality (12marks) It claims that personality develops in childhood through a number of ‘psychosexual stages’ and that too much or too little pleasure at one of these can lead to fixation and abnormal behaviour. For example between the ages of two and four children are in the anal stage – too much focus on holding in faeces during this time can lead to an ‘anally retentive’ adult personality which is obsessively neat and tidy‚ in some cases leading
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Existential Psychotherapy Rollo May and Irvin Yalom OVERVIEW Existential psychotherapy arose spontaneously in the minds and works of a number of psychologists and psychiatrists in Europe in the 1940s and 1950s who were concerned with finding a way of understanding human beings that was more reliable and more basic than the then-current psychotherapies. The “existential orientation in psychiatry‚” wrote Ludwig Binswanger‚ “arose from dissatisfaction with the prevailing efforts to gain
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situation has caused her to be very isolated from others in her community which has negatively impacted her social life. She feels embarrassed and humiliated to have conversations with people because of the video. According to Shedler (2011)‚ the psychodynamic approach helps patient free themselves from the past experience and live more fully in the present. This activity helps J.T. forget video and encourages her to work on her confidence to have a good social interaction with people to meet her social-emotional
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Yalom’s approach to group therapy has been very influential not only in the USA but across the world‚ through his classic text "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy". Moreno developed a specific and highly structured form of group therapy known as Psychodrama. Another recent development is the theory and method of group psychotherapy based on an integration of systems thinking is Yvonne Agazarian’s "systems-Centered" approach (SCT)‚ which sees groups functioning within the principles of system
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Personality‚ like most core Psychology subjects‚ is difficult to define. Personality is essentially the science of describing and understanding people. No two people are the same; even identical twins will tell you that they are very different to their identical counterpart. There are some who are anxious and there are those who are risk-takers. There are some who are carefree while there are those who are highly-strung and there are those who are over-confident while some are just plain shy. It
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Running head: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COLLECTIVISM: THE POTENTIAL Psychotherapy and Collectivism: The Potential for Value Compatible Treatment Joe Enright University of Saskatchewan PSY 850.3 Dr. Michelle Presniak Psychotherapy and Collectivism: The Potential for Value Compatible Treatment Increasing cultural diversity in the Western world has made the role of culture in the context of psychotherapy an increasingly important issue for consideration. The populations of many Western countries
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Sigmund Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory do not constiture proper science? Evaluate this claim. Sigmund Freud was the founder of the Psychodynamic theory in the 1800’s. During his lifetime and since his death‚ the scientific world has scrutinized his work and findings. Till this day‚ there is much debate as to whether Sigmund Freud’s theory constitutes proper science. We shall attempt to evaluate this statement by taking a closer look at the definition of what constitutes “proper science”. In order
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Cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approaches to therapy seem to offer contrasting modes of treatment for psychological difficulties‚ largely due to the fact that they originate from very different theoretical and philosophical frameworks. It seems likely‚ therefore‚ that treatment for a woman experiencing depression‚ anxiety and feelings of inadequacy will proceed along very different lines according to each approach. There do appear to be some features‚ however‚ which are common to all effective
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EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to examine the basic concepts of existential therapy and its practical implications. Main existential approaches are outlined including short-term modalities. The significance of therapeutic relationship from existential point of view is reviewed. The essay will conclude with the critique of existential approaches to psychotherapy. BASIC CONCEPTS Existential therapy is a philosophical approach to explore with a client the fundamental
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Laurence Spurling illustrates in great detail principles and elements that encompass psychodynamic counselling. The relationship between therapist and client is paramount to the counselling process and is a defining feature in psychodynamic theory. The therapeutic dialogue between client and counsellor is vital for this therapeutic process. Through adopting an attitude of mutuality the counsellor aims at creating sanctuary and meaning for the client so they will gain an experience of containment
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