Psychology Exam 2: Techniques of Psychoanalysis

Free Association

therapist is non-directive; therapy session is lead by the patient

Analysis of Resistance

process in psychoanalysis where the client behaves in a way to avoid/deny sensitive issues

Dream Analysis

Freud said that when dreaming, Superego is inactive which is why we dream about Id impulses. Dreams might show some unconscious, repressed things that you don’t normally think about. Dreams come in the form of symbols.

Transference

when the patient reacts to the therapist in the same way as somebody from their past

Psychoanalysis

aims to understand the underlying causes of mental and emotional distress

goal is catharsis

catharsis

to make the unconscious, conscious; providing relief from repressed emotions