Examples of psychoanalysis in the following topics:
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- In terms of approach, psychodynamic therapy tends to be briefer and less intensive than traditional psychoanalysis; it adapts some of the basic principles of psychoanalysis to a less intensive style of working, usually at a frequency of once or twice per week.
- Freud coined the term "psychoanalysis," and related theories were developed further by Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, Erik Erikson, and others.
- Psychoanalysis continues to be practiced by psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals; however, its practice is less common today than in years past.
- A common critique of psychoanalysis is its lack of basis in empirical research and too much reliance on anecdotal evidence by way of case studies.
- Both psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies have been criticized for a lack of scientific rigor, sometimes even referred to as "pseudoscience."
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- In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud (now known as the father of psychotherapy) developed psychoanalysis, an early Western form of psychotherapy.
- Psychoanalysis is based on overcoming the desires and negative influences of the unconscious mind.
- Although its roots are in psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy tends to be briefer and less intensive than traditional psychoanalysis.
- Anxious and depressed patients in two short-term therapies (solution-focused and brief psychodynamic) improved faster, but after five years, long-term psychotherapy and psychoanalysis gave greater benefits.
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- Freud also coined the term "psychoanalysis."
- Freud's theory of psychoanalysis holds two major assumptions: (1) that much of mental life is unconscious (i.e., outside of awareness), and (2) that past experiences, especially in early childhood, shape how a person feels and behaves throughout life.
- The treatment of a patient referred to as Anna O. is regarded as marking the beginning of psychoanalysis.
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- There is an increasing use of body-oriented therapeutic techniques within mainstream psychology (such as the practice of mindfulness), and psychoanalysis has recognized the use of such concepts as somatic resonance and embodied trauma.
- Reich was the first person to bring body awareness systematically into psychoanalysis and also the first psychotherapist to touch clients physically.
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- It accepts the use of the scientific method and generally rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation, unlike phenomenological methods such as Freudian psychoanalysis.
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- Both Rogers and Maslow introduced this positive, humanistic psychology in response to what they viewed as the overly pessimistic view of psychoanalysis.
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- Often called the “third force” in psychology, humanism was a reaction to both the pessimistic determinism of psychoanalysis, with its emphasis on psychological disturbance, and to the behaviorists’ view of humans passively reacting to the environment.
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- Projective tests are based on Freudian psychology (psychoanalysis) and seek to expose people's unconscious perceptions by using ambiguous stimuli to reveal the inner aspects of an individual's personality.
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- Rogers and Maslow introduced this positive, humanistic psychology in response to what they viewed as the overly pessimistic view of psychoanalysis; during the 20th century, humanistic psychology became known as the "third force" in psychology.
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- These preliminary meetings eventually culminated in the description of humanistic psychology as a recognizable "third force" in psychology, along with behaviorism and psychoanalysis.