Essays on Psychoanalysis

When comparing and contrasting the differences in the three approaches, I will review the relationship between client and counsellor. I will attempt to discover how the relationship is formed and how it is maintained during the therapeutic process. Once this has been established, I will then look at how the changes occur in the therapeutic…

Robert Louise Stevenson, born in Edinburgh, is said to have lived a double life, where by which he lead a life where he was a well educated and respectable man, but also one of mystery, where he visited the ‘old town’ regularly throughout the night. This strongly reflects the character of Dr Jekyll, and it…

The ID, Ego and Superego of The Wizard of Oz According to Freud the ID, ego and Super Ego are division of psyche that described the divisions in human conscious and unconscious. The ID is the source of all human drives and Freud considered it the reservoir of libido. The libido is basically sexual energy…

The achievements of Carl Jung Introduction “I am an eighty –five year old ruining of a formerly capable man”. These are words Carl Jung once used to describe himself as quoted by Dunne (Dunne, 2003). Carl Jung was a psychiatrist from Switzerland and was born in July 26, 1875 in a place called Kesswil. In…

Lou Andreas-SaloméA woman way ahead of her time, Lou Andreas-Salomé (née Louise von Salomé) was a Russian-born intellectual, author, and psychoanalyst of the early 20th century. A prolific writer, she wrote 15 novels, essays and non-fiction studies, including a book on the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, the poet Rainier Rilke, Sigmund Freud, and the first feminist…

Compare and Contrast Existential and Psychodynamic Principles and Practices with Neuro-Linguistic Psychotherapy             Before I move on to the content of the paper, I deemed necessary to research on existential Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic therapy and neuro-linguistic therapy and discuss their approaches and methods.  I would be quite difficult to compare and contrast all these without knowing…

The first instalment, Fifth Business, in The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies incorporates many different ideas to help the book progress as smoothly as it does. Davies’ interest in psychology heavily influenced many of the actions and ideas portrayed in the novel. By combining the psychology theories of the famed psychologist, Carl Jung, with creatively…

Abstract             Gestalt therapy is defined as a process which comprises a comprehensive, streamlined, process-oriented, dialogical, phenomenological, and existential approach to human change while focusing on the aspects of centrality of contact, awareness, personal responsiveness and responsibility. Uniqueness of the individual is accorded due primacy and the person is never reduced to parts and structural…

Abstract This paper reviews Gordon Allport’s theory of traits as well as two of his studies, “Personality Traits”, 1921 and “Letters from Jenny”, 1966. His theory, which is based more on his view of human nature than on research, distinguishes between common traits and individual traits, with emphasis on the individual traits. The two studies…

The psychoanalysis of the characters from Othello allowed me to understand the way Desdemona acted throughout the play and how come she took the abuse that Othello gave her. Like Othello, Desdemona is a controversial character that has a role in determining the outcome of the play. At the start of the play we see…