Psychoanalytic & Adlerian Therapy

Psychoanalytic Therapy

Founder of Psychoanalysis:      Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was a physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and influential thinker of the early twentieth century. According to (Kalat, 2008, p. 12) "Psychoanalysts are therapy providers who rely heavily on the theories and methods pioneered by the early 20th-century Viennese physician Sigmund Freud and later modified by others." Freud’s account of the sexual genesis and nature of neuroses led him naturally to develop a clinical treatment for treating such disorders. This has become so influential today that when people speak of psychoanalysis they frequently refer exclusively to the clinical treatment; however, the term properly designates both the clinical treatment and the theory which underlies it. He invented the treatment of mental illness and neurosis by means of psychoanalysis. Freud concluded that human psyche could be divided up into three key component parts Id, Ego, and Super-Ego.
Goals of Therapy:     Freud established a type of therapy method for his patients to open up and reveal the unconscious thoughts and feelings that may affect conscious behavior and may result in neuroses.
Techniques:               This type of therapy became known as "talk therapy" the client/patient would lie down on a couch facing away from the therapist and begin to open up and to the therapist speaking of the issues that are in concern.  According to a recent article (Corey, 2009, p.63) "Freud devoted most of life to formulating and extending his theory of psychoanalysis."

Key Concepts:           Sigmund Freud felt that Psychoanalysis helps to promote unconscious factors that one may not perceive that they have to help stimulate a motivating behavior.

• ID
• Ego
• Super-Ego

Birth to age six is the key years that affect the main elements in psychoanalysis.


Suggested Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTDAPs2aec

Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis 

References

Corey, G. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th edition).

       Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Kalat, J. K. (2008). Introduction to Psychology (8th edition). Belmont, CA:    

        Thomson/Wadsworth.

rmdie926. (2009, November). Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalysis. Retrieved May 12, 2012,

         from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTDAPs2aec

Adlerian  Therapy

Adlerian therapy focuses on the feelings of self that arise from interactions and conflicts. This sense of self can also be called ones ego (as thought to have originally came from Sigmund Freud). The ego is the central core of personality; it is what makes someone an individual. Adlerian therapy is a therapy of teaching, informing and encouraging the client, in order to help the client fix basic mistakes in their personal logic, and the therapeutic relationship is a collaborative one. Alfred Adler original idea of individual psychology was based on the unique motivations of individuals and the importance of each individuals perceived niche in society.

Founder:  Alfred Adler (1870-1937) According to (Corey, 2009, p. 102) "Along with Freud and Juang, Alfred Adler was a major contributor to the initial development of the psychodynamic approach to therapy."

Goals of Therapy:  The basic goal of the Adlerian approach is to help clients identify and change their mistaken beliefs about, self, others, and life and thus to participate more fully in a social world" (Corey, 2009, p. 127).

Key Concepts:     The Adlerian Therapy approach is a very good therapy technique that has been known to help teachers, students, parents, couples and group therapy throughout the United States and beyond.

Techniques:          Basically with the Adlerian Therapy one create one's own responsibility, destiny, and find what is the real meaning to one's life.  The therapist's would help the client with a more purpose-driven life with real life goals.

Suggested Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I32ehCnAcVo&feature=player=embedded

Adlerian Therapy

References

Corey, G. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th edition).

       Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Classical Adlerian Brief Therapy - Demonstrated by Henry T. Stein, PhD.(2011, July). Classical 

        Adlerian Training Analyst. Retrieved May 12, 2012, 

        from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I32ehCnAcVo&feature=player=embedded