PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Libido, Therapeutic Relationship, 18 Months
10 Feb 2015
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Psych 2b03 chapter 10 basics of psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic approach: used to try understand the subconscious. Began his career as a research neurologist. Studied hypnosis with charcot in paris, moved to the practise of psychiatry. Fundamental discovery: just talking about psychological problems could sometimes cure them. First used hypnosis to get patients to talk about problems, turned to free association. Free association: instructing patient to say whatever came to mind to express problems. Freud though talking about problems helped because: It brings fears to conscious where they can be dealt with rationally. Both the psychoanalytic and humanistic approach begins with trying to understand the self. Most of freud"s patients were women who reported childhood sexual abuse. 4 ideas that make up foundation of psychoanalysis: Determinism: idea that everything that happens has a cause that can be identified. Psychic determinism: idea that everything that happens in a person"s mind has a specific cause.
