PSYC 3083 Chapter : Freudian Theory
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Psychoanalysis focuses on: conflicts, early childhood experiences, transferences, drives, defenses, anxiety, uses free association. They are unconscious & are not helpful in the long run. Nervous mental breakdown- patient can no longer cope, can regress, debilitating also called decomposition-overwhelm ego resources. Libido and ego are the two major drives. While interviewing a patient listening for inappropriate or weird words, shifts in topics. Jake said if you leave me ill kill you after they had sex and amy said it disgusted her that"s not a word you would usually use to describe that situation. Patients have two minds going at one time. Hidden agenda - what the patient is really thinking. the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict.
