Friday 19 January 2018

By Christine Powell


Therapy is caught up in a monsoon rain of differing showers of intensity. There are two schools of thought, one the other the Freudian one and one the Jungian and also a one which includes a revisiting of the philosophies of Freud by Jacque Lacan. Have a look at the following article taking us through the topic Philosophical perspectives on literature psychoanalysis Washington DC.

An incredibly important concept of psychotherapy lies in this notion itself that patients can understand emotions through assessing both their instinctual and reflective natures and how these aspects work together. A product of this relationship is often referred to as defense mechanisms, a term coined by Freud in the late 19th century.

These defense mechanisms often displayed themselves as maladaptive behavior and presented themselves in therapy as symptomology of biological defects, such as twitching, nervousness and at its worst hysteria (panic attacks). Freud believed that through the technique of free-association a patient could reenact mentally the past traumas and so through insight could come to terms with the past event.

This meant that the client would be free of the symptomology and change their behavior to more suitable strategies for coping with stress. Freud's original ideas were based on his theory of child development that led to a model of the mind in which the person's mental processes were divided into three parts. The first to develop was the ID; Freud saw this as the fundamental drive that was innate within all babies.

When discussing the course of treatment, the analyst will most likely talk regarding years rather than months, which may not comply with many patients' financial abilities. Also, psychoanalytic counselling naturally leads to a hierarchical relationship in which the counsellor holds all the power due to the subjectivity of the practice. This same subjectively does not allow for empirical, quantitative data, making the topic incredibly difficult to support or study.

The archetypal model of the witch would be a misnomer for radically oriented feminists, and they would label the attributes of witches as misunderstood products of masculine imagination. Freudian theories of the libido are taken as interpretative constructs for the reading of literature, they are taken seriously by the going of the literature.

Since Freud's death in 1939 the neo-Freudians have modified his methods and differing schools of thought have honed and developed psychoanalysis in many different directions. This has meant that modern psychoanalysis may present itself in many forms. Followers of Freud such as Jung, Adler, Horney, Fromm and many others all have contributed particular insights into the therapeutic process.

What is impressive here is that these fantasies are not made by George Bernard Shaw with conscious intent but are manifestations of his unconscious. This raises the question for feminists-was Shaw Oedipal fixated? During the 70's the notorious Jacque Lacan made a sea of change in psychoanalysis with a critical rereading of the works of Freud. Lacan created a storm of controversy not only in psychoanalytic circles but also created a problem of interpreting the language which in his psychoanalytic terms disturbs the paragon of the unity contained in a realized self.




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