Psychoanalytic alternatives & Psychodynamic perspective

Ego Analysis

Emphasizes the adaptive “conflict-free” functions of the ego

Classical psychoanalysis

Prefers re-educative goals than re-constructive goals of orthodox

Object relations

Helps people understand how early relationships, especially with caregivers, affect how they see themselves and relate to others now 1

Self Psychology

Central term of maturation

Interpersonal psychotherapy

How you relate with others

Brief insight oriented approach

It alleviate symptoms by improving relationship with others

Realism and Optimism

To counter pessimistic views of the client

Freud

Most current problems came from our childhood

Free association and Dream Analysis

2 treatments coined by Freud

Free association

Kind of treatment that practice by saying what you want and promotes communication with urges and unconscious thoughts

Dream analysis

Source of unconscious thoughts

Manifest and Latent

Content of Dreams

Manifest

Literal content or what really happened in the dream

Latent

Symbolic interpretation of the dream

Freudian slip

Slip of the tongue

Conscious expression of an unconscious wish

Resistance

Guarded o denial

This manifest esp in the start of the session

Transference

Reaction to therapist when they represent important childhood figure

A client unconsciously redirects feelings, desires, or expectations from a past relationship onto the therapist

Positive transference

A kind of transference that the client feels safe and have a rapid movement in the start of theraphy

Negative transference

A kind of transference where the client sees the therapist as a “threat” to their personal life

Interpretation

Unconscious meaning of thoughts

Very very very subjective