Section outline

  • Learning Objectives

    By the end of this lecture, students will be able to:

    • Define psychoanalytical therapies and explain their philosophical foundations, particularly the role of early childhood experiences and the unconscious mind as proposed by Sigmund Freud.
    • Describe the structure of personality and explain the function of defence mechanisms in regulating the conflict between the id, ego, and superego.
    • Identify and summarize the main psychoanalytic techniques, including free association, dream analysis, transference, and behavioral observation.
    • Analyze the key focus areas of modern psychodynamic therapy, such as affect, avoidance, recurring patterns, past experiences, interpersonal relations, therapeutic relationship, and fantasy life.
    • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of psychoanalytical therapies, including their effectiveness, duration, cost, and theoretical complexity.

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    • Glossary of Key Terms

      English Term

      Definition in Context

      Psychoanalytical Therapies

      Therapies based on reconstructing the client's past.

      Subconscious Mind

      The source of basic instincts and impulses.

      Id & Superego

      Components of personality that defence mechanisms balance.

      Resistance

      Deliberate or inadvertent attempts to avoid distressing thoughts.

      Countertransference

      Emotional reactions of the therapist toward the client.

      Attachment Figures

      Primary caregivers whose early influence affects present life.

      Symptom Reduction

      A primary goal of long-term psychoanalytic therapy.

      In vivo

      Analyzing interpersonal themes as they happen in the session