PSYC 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Freudian Slip, Psychodynamics

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3330
• Professor: jaspreetrai

Document Summary

Psychodynamic psychotherapy has been criticized for several things, including that it is too expensive and too lengthy, that it has very little empirical research to support it, and that it is more religious than scientific. However, it is still used by some psychologists today and it still quite relevant. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hod(cid:455)(cid:374)a(cid:373)i(cid:272) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hotherap(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hoa(cid:374)al(cid:455)sis (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)as freud"s origi(cid:374)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept. Goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy: to make unconscious conscious. Insight: looking inside oneself and noticing something that has previously gone unseen. Once we become aware of certain processes, we can make an effort to change/control them instead of letting them control us. The e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious is freud"s (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)duri(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374) to (cid:272)li(cid:374)i(cid:272)al psychology. Free association: technique where therapists ask clients to say whatever comes to mind without censorship; not easy to do. Important to distinguish free association from word association.