Clinical Psych Test 2 Psychodynamic Therapy
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Psychodynamic Theory - ✔️✔️-Sigmund Freud
-psychoanalysis= most used treatment in first half of 1900s
-underlying idea --> making the unconscious conscious, helping patient attain insight
Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ✔️✔️-oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
-fixation/getting stuck in a developmental stage can occur when parents do too much/little at
a given stage
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages - ✔️✔️-trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. doubt, initiative vs.
guilt, etc...
-across psychodynamic theory, early relationships (esp. w/ parents) are viewed as critical
influences on later relationships and behavior
-these interpersonal patterns tend recur over and over again across our lifetimes
-psychoanalysis aims to reveal these patterns --> help clients change them
the 'psyche' - ✔️✔️-id
-ego
-superego
id - ✔️✔️-"it"
-pleasure principle
-instinctual needs, dries, impulses --> seek instant gratification
-fueled by libido (sexual) energy
ego - ✔️✔️-"I"
-reality principle
-tries to balance id impulses & superego rules
-uses defense mechs to resolve id-superego conflict
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