Psychodynamic Approach
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Lewis_Fairweather on February 26, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is the aim of this therapy | To take traumatic memories and repressed urges and bring them to conscious awareness to deal with them |
| Name some methods of psychoanalysis | Rorschach ink blots, TAT tests, dream analysis, free association, word association and transference |
| What is dream analysis? | Client is asked to keep a dream diary and the analyst will look at the symbolism in the dreams and try and find out what is going on in their unconscious mind |
| What is free association? | When the client talks about what's going on in their mind, uncensored |
| What is transference? | When the client will talk to the therapist as if they are someone else, they are projecting their feelings for another relationship onto the therapist |
| General strengths | - Found to be about as effective as other approaches therapies - More appropriate for people with childhood traumas, looks at their past |
| General weakness' | - Mainly only available privately - Extremely expensive - May be difficult to trust therapy because it relies on memory - Analyst is totally in control and they may influence/tell the client how they feel etc |
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