Forms of Psychotherapy - Psychodynamic Therapies

• Psychodynamic therapies assume unresolved conflicts cause psychological disorders.
• These conflicts hide in the unconscious mind and disrupt normal life.
• Freud pioneered this view, linking disorders to inner personality battles.

• Id seeks instant pleasure through basic urges like sex and aggression.
• The superego builds conscience and moral standards from society and parents.
• The ego acts as the reality principle, balancing the Id's desires with the Superego's rules.

• Disorders stem from conflicts between the Id's impulses and the Ego's control.
• Lack of balance between the Id and the Ego prevents daily adjustment.
• Freud saw these as unconscious clashes from primitive urges.

• Freud's major idea is that disorders originate in unconscious conflicts.
• Psychoanalysis, his main therapy, uncovers these hidden issues.
• Various psychodynamic therapies build on this core assumption.

A student skips studies (Id urges) but feels guilty (Superego); Ego fails, causing stress.

• Psychodynamic therapies assume psychological disorders arise from unresolved unconscious conflicts.
• Freud's personality model includes the Id (pleasure), the Ego (reality), and the Superego (morality) that balance impulses and conscience.
• Mental disorders occur when there is a conflict between the Id impulses and the Ego control, disrupting daily life.
• Freud’s psychoanalysis uncovers hidden unconscious conflicts to resolve psychological issues.
• Example: A student skipping studies (Id) feels guilty (Superego), and the Ego fails to balance, causing stress.