Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory PDF

File Edit View About Us Cover Contents SIGMUND FREUD'S Psychoanalytic Theory Andrea B. Martinez [email protected]...

File Edit View About Us Cover Contents SIGMUND FREUD'S Psychoanalytic Theory Andrea B. Martinez [email protected] Page 01 File Edit View Show and Tell In groups of 4-5 people, 'show and tell' with your team a 'thing' on your table/desk that you can't live without and why. Example: a stress ball, a coffee mug, or a scented candle Make sure to share something that you instantly have in mind--a simple practice of psychoanalysis through association Page 02 File Edit View Learning Outcomes Gain an appreciation on the life and works of Freud and how his life experiences 01 shaped his theory Differentiate between levels of mental life (conscious, preconscious, unconscious), 02 the different structures of personality (id, ego, superego) and the types of anxiety (neurotic, moral and realistic anxiety) 03 Explain how the dynamics of personality influence people's actions 04 Apply the various defense mechanisms in case examples Analyse how conflicts are formed and resolved in each stage of psychosexual 05 development 06 Evaluate the psychoanalytic techniques and their clinical and research application Appraise Freud's theory in terms of the criteria for the usefulness of the theory and 07 the various dimensions of human nature Page 03 File Edit View Ask Freud If Freud is still alive and you are sitting next to him, given a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to ask questions about his life, what would you ask? Page 02  File Edit View Vignette: The Search for a Magic Potion to Lessen Pain Since ancient history, people have searched for some magic potion to lessen pain or enhance performance. One such search was conducted by a young, ambitious physician who came to believe that he had discovered a drug that had all sorts of wonderful properties. Hearing that the drug had been used successfully to energize soldiers suffering from extreme exhaustion, this physician decided to try it on patients, The young Freud colleagues and friends. If the drug worked as well as he had expected, he might gain the fame to which he aspired. Page 04  File Edit View Vignette: The Search for a Magic Potion to Lessen Pain After learning of the drug’s successful use in heart diseases, nervous exhaustion, addiction to alcohol and morphine, and several other psychological and physiological problems, the doctor decided to try the drug on himself. He was quite pleased with the results. To him, the drug had a pleasant aroma and an unusual effect on the lips and mouth. More importantly was the drug’s therapeutic effect on his serious depression. In a letter to his fiance whom he had not seen in a year, he reported that during his last severe depression, he had taken small Freud and Martha Barnays quantities of the drug with marvelous results. He wrote that the next time he saw her, he would be like a wild man, feeling the effects of the drug. Page 04  File Edit View Vignette: The Search for a Magic Potion to Lessen Pain The young doctor wrote a pamphlet extolling the benefits of the drug, but he had not yet completed the necessary experiments on the drug’s value as an analgesic. Impatient to be near his fiancee, he delayed completion of his experiments and went off to see her. During that visit, a colleague—and not he—completed the experiments, published the results, and gained recognition the young doctor had hoped for himself. These events took place in 1884; the drug was cocaine; the Freud young doctor was Sigmund Freud. Page 04  File Edit View Biography of Sigismund 'Sigmund' Freud (1856-1939) EARLY LIFE First born child of Jewish Jacob and Amalie Nathanson Freud Favourite son of his young, indulgent mother; relations with his father were colder and sometimes hostile The family moved from Leipzig to Vienna, which became his home for nearly 80 years until Nazi invasion "If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it." -- Freud  File Edit View Biography of Sigismund 'Sigmund' Freud (1856-1939) EDUCATION Scholarly and serious minded Freud was drawn into medicine because he was intensely curious about human nature He received a traveling grant to study in Paris with famous French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and learned about 'hysteria' "Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Freud  File Edit View Biography of Sigismund 'Sigmund' Freud (1856-1939) PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Freud developed close professional association with Viennese physician Joseph Breuer who taught him about 'catharsis'--the process of removing hysterical symptoms through "talking them out" He eventually discovered "free association" technique which soon replaced hypnosis "Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another." - Freud  File Edit View Biography of Sigismund 'Sigmund' Freud (1856-1939) MIDLIFE CRISIS In late 1890s, Freud suffered professional isolation and personal crises and begun to analyse his own dreams He realised that he was now middle-aged and had yet to achieve fame He became close to Wilhelm Fliess who became his sounding board He abandoned his 'seduction theory' as roots of neuroses "The chief patient I am preoccupied with is myself... The analysis is more difficult than any other. It is in fact what paralyzes my psychic strength." -Freud's letter to Fliess  File Edit View Biography of Sigismund 'Sigmund' CREATIVE ILLNESS Freud (1856-1939) Freud suffered from severe psychoneuroses His "creative illness" was characterised by depression, neurosis, psychosomatic ailments and intense preoccupation with creative activity At midlife he was suffering from self- doubts, depression and an obsession with his own death He completed his greatest work, "Interpretation of Dreams"