Psychoanalysis Flashcards
(12 cards)
id
the pleasure principle that cause use to go after things we want
superego
guilt or shame over impulses
ego
mediator of id and superego
realistic anxiety
reasonable fear streaming from ego
moral anxiety
fear of eeling guilty streaming from the superego
neurotic anxiety
fear of being controlled by id
defense mechanisms
coping strategies that reduce anxiety arising from unacceptable or
potentially harmful impulses
transference
experience of the therapist that is shaped by the client’s own psychological structures and past and involves displacement, onto the therapist, of feelings, attitudes, and behaviors belonging rightfully in earlier significant relationship
countertransference
Therapist unconsciously transfer her feelings, thoughts and attitudes on a Clt
free association
Shedding of cognitive restraints such that client feels “free” to “associate” to any thought available
dream analysis
Freud believed that dreams are a projection of our
unconscious and represent symbolic images of our desires and wishes
interpretation of resistance
Therapists interpret resistance to assist clients to deal directly with the threatening issue