Topic 4 : Psychoanalysis

structure of personality

• id ( based on pleasure )

• ego ( based on reality principle, the balancer )

• superego ( based on moral )

Conscious and unconscious

• conscious ( whats on surface like logic n reality )

• subconscious ( like when we are scared, our heart beats faster )

• unconscious ( what lies deep below the surface like our drives and instinct)

The unconscious mind

clinical evidence has shown

• dreams

• slips of tongue

• posthypnotic suggestions

• materials given from free association and projective technique

• symbolic content of psychotic symptoms

is because of the unconcious mind

ego defense mechanism

there are coping mechanism and there are normal and is operated on unconscious level on the ego part to try to deny or distort reality

happened when you’re having issues such as anxiety and to prevent from ego being overwhelmed

is good to prevent being overwhelmed but also kenot be a style of life because it will distort reality and the issue is still not solved

psychosexual stages

• oral

• anal

• phalllic

• latency

• genital

each stage have their own fixation and if its not resolved and handled properly, can cause future behavior issues

transference and countertransference

transference

• client start having inappropriate thoughts towards the counsellor because the counsellor has similarities with their ex so they’re experiencing ‘transference’ from their ex to the counsellor

countertransference

• the counsellor react to the clients

psychoanalytic techniques

• free association

let the client to say anything without censoring any feelings or thought

• interpretation

therapist explains the meaning of wtv is revealed

• dream analysis

therapist will analyse the dream and bring the unconscious material to light

resistance is

anything tht work against the progress of the therapy. analysis the resistance and help client understand how the resistance effect the progress of the therapy

application to group counselling

• group work makes it easy for the member have transference thus can do role play to reduce it

• sometimes members want to manipulate the therapy session in order to gain the leader’s attention and when this happen, try to reflect to their past and see if they have experience personal power issue

limitations

• not appropriate for some culture or socioeconomic groups

• more focused on past experiences

• focuses on the internal part like ego, superego and not the issues you faced because of your interaction with others

• their dream analysis might be misinterpreted because of subjective interpretation based on the individual

• therapy might be lengthy bcz for example, dream analysis take a long time to be interpreted thus might be practical and affordable