COUN110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Genital Stage, Oedipus Complex, Electrical Resistance And Conductance
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Psychodynamic therapy is a model that uses psychoanalytic concepts to explain human growth and development, and the nature of psychological problems. It is derived from psychoanalysis and the work of freud and subsequent psychoanalytic theorists. Psychodynamic approaches: analyse personality structure / development and functioning. Emphasis on the importance of infancy and early childhood, primarily first 6 years of life, in personality formation: develop client insight into personality dynamics and conflicts, assist client to gain insights to enable action. There are numerous therapies in the psychodynamic stream of psychotherapy: Ego psychology (erikson: object relations theories, brief psychodynamic theories. Freud(cid:859)s de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)al(cid:455)ti(cid:272) theor(cid:455) (cid:449)as i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) a (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of (cid:272)ultural a(cid:374)d intellectual trends and scientific models present in european scientific circles in the late 19th and early 20th century. Charcot use of hypnosis with hysterics: breuer practicing physician working with wide range of syndromes without an obvious organic basis.
