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Title: Psychoanalysis and Object Relations


1
Psychoanalysis and Object Relations
  • Intro to Theories of Therapy

Consciousness is only a small portion of the
mind. The unconscious stores up all experiences,
memories, and repressed material. Most
psychological functioning exists in the
out-of-awareness realm.
2
Where well go today
  • In order to appreciate object relations, it is
    necessary to have a foundation of psychoanalysis
  • Look at a case example with an object relations
    lens

3
Psychoanalysis View of Human Nature
  • Behavior is determined by irrational forces,
    unconscious motivations, and biological and
    instinctual drives as these evolve through
    psychosexual stages
  • Driven by libido
  • Death instincts

4
Structure of personality
  • Id
  • Ego
  • Superego

5
Goals of psychoanalysis
  • Make the unconscious conscious
  • Insight is only a part of the cure
  • Strengthen the ego so behavior is based more on
    reality and less on instinctual cravings or
    irrational guilt

6
Defense mechanisms
  • Repression
  • Denial
  • Reaction formation
  • Projection
  • Displacement
  • Rationalization
  • Sublimation
  • Regression
  • Introjection
  • Identification
  • Compensation

7
Psychosexual stages of development
  • Oral
  • Birth-1 year
  • Anal
  • 1-3 years
  • Phallic
  • 3-6 years
  • Latency period
  • 6-12 years
  • Genital
  • 12 years

8
Therapists function and role
  • Blank-screen
  • Transference
  • Listen and interpret
  • Teach clients the meaning of unconscious processes

9
Clients experience
  • Therapy several times per week for 3-5 years
  • Therapy ends when client and therapist agree that
    problem is solved

10
Transference and Countertransference
  • Transference
  • Countertransference

11
Objection Relations
  • Refers to the developing relationships between
    the child and significant others or love objects
    in the childs life
  • Focus is on how the child views the relationship
  • These views then affect the child as he/she
    becomes an adult

12
Object Relations
  • While psychoanalysis focuses on internal drives,
    OR is focused on internalized relationships

13
Object Relations
  • Key concepts
  • Individuation
  • Transitional object
  • True self/False self
  • Splitting
  • Introject
  • Projective identification

14
Object Relations
  • Therapist
  • Non-directive
  • Empathetic
  • Uses interpretation and transference/countertransf
    erence

15
Object Relations
  • Goal of therapy
  • To achieve an integrated view of reality through
    accepting repressed and forgotten memories
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