Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic Approaches

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Psychoanalytical and Psychodynamic Approaches

• Zach Hansen, Jerome Song,
• Nikki Gruendemann, Amanda Finley

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Introduction

• Psychoanalytical approach originated with Sigmund
  Freud in the early 1900s.
• The main component is the unconscious.
• Personalities develop through
• a series of life stages.

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Three Phases of the Therapeutic Process

• 1. The Initial Stage
• 2. The Middle Stage Working Through
• 3. The Final Stage Termination

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Techniques

• Free Association
• Interpretation
• Dream Interpretation
• Corrective Emotional Experiences

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Free Association

• This technique asks the client to talk freely
  about any thoughts and feelings. The analyst
  looks for interpretations and sometimes shares
  these with the client.

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Interpretation

• The analyst organizes the information into a
  coherent message based on many sources of
  material from the client.

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Slips of the Tongue

• Professor R., I wouldve been here for the test,
  except my grandma lied.
• Freudian Slips
• President Bush
• Rep. Nanci Pelosi

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Dream Interpretation

• Freud believed that dreams have two main
  contents.
• Manifest Content Surface action and emotion of
  the dream
• Latent Content The symbolic meaning

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Dreams

• The royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious
  activities of the mind.
• -Sigmund Freud (1900)
• Activity The use of standard symbols.

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Corrective Emotional Experiences

• Close relationship
• Sustain clients frustration and outbursts
• Reparenting
• Therapist displays characteristics of a perfect
  parent.

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RISKS!

• Sexism
• Eurocentric
• Heterosexual Bias
• Misinterpretation
• Lack of Proven Effectiveness
• Time Consuming
• Negativity

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Benefits!

• Brings Unconscious to Conscious
• Foundational Theory
• Valid Concepts
• Broad Application

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Necessary Training

• Most hold medical degrees
• Special courses
• Personal analysis
• Psychoanalytic Institute
• Todd Bohart (1999).

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Conclusion

• Freud was a pioneer of psychology.
• Influential theory
• Fundamental base of many modern techniques
• Four main techniques
• Free Association
• Interpretation
• Dream Interpretation
• Corrective Emotional Experiences
• Any Questions?

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References

• Day, S.X. (2008). Psychoanalytical and
  psychodynamic approaches. Boston Lahaska Press.
• Grinstein, A. (1983). Freuds rules of dream
  interpretation. Connecticut International Univer
  sities Press, Inc.
• Todd, J. Bohart, A. C. (1999). Foundations of
  clinical and counseling psychology. Illinois
  Waveland Press, Inc.