Strength + Counterpoint 1

A further strength of this approach is the practical applications in the form of…

Psychological treatments

____________, including __________ and free association, are all used to find answers treat unconscious conflicts

Psychoanalysis

Dream analysis

Freud and his followers were also the first to demonstrate the potential of psychological, rather than…

Biological explanations for behaviours

This led to the formation of psychological treatments, rather than biological therapies, which have been found to be successful in…

Treating patients with a wide range of disorders

However, psychoanalysis requires a patient to have a clear grasp of reality and a ___________________ to reflect on their thoughts

High level of rational insight

So individuals who suffer from severe psychoses often suffer from delusions and hallucinations, losing their touch of _________ reality and need for ________________ that psychoanalytic techniques demand

Objective

Long self-reflection

This means that such treatments may not be…

Appropriate for everyone