The Inner And Sexual Life Of Clients

In this essay I am going to evaluate the extent to which Freud’s theory of psychosexual development can help us to understand a client’s presenting issue. I will be describing Freud’s psychosexual theory and its relationship to adult neurotic behaviour as well as looking at the criticisms of Freudian theory.

Furthermore, client struggles to meet the five basic needs of reality therapy. The client lacks belonging because he has withdrawn himself from friends and family. He struggles to meet the needs of his relationship with his fiancée because he feels unsatisfied. He lacks power because he feels “stuck” and unable to achieve any goals he sets. Furthermore, freedom is difficult for the client to meet because he struggles with his culture. He wishes to become more independent and autonomous but lacks the motivation to do so. Due to the report of loss of interest, the client does not enjoy fun activities that he once enjoyed. Lastly, survival is met because the client’s parents provide him with food and

Individuals have minimal through and through freedom to settle on decisions in life. Rather, human behaviour is dictated by the oblivious personality and childhood encounters. Freud's analysis of Psychodynamic approach is both a hypothesis and a treatment.

Psychology explores human behavior and the human mental process figuring ways to improve the thinking and attitude of an individual’s existence. Sometimes, different techniques are used and tried to properly resolve the problem within the multitude of possible behavioral issues. Moreover, Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, developed many theories, psychodynamic therapy, for clinically treating people with mental health problems through their unconscious mind; Then, Sigmund Freud’s theories or therapy, rather, diverged into other types of therapies such as Biological Psychology or Cognitive Psychology. No doubt, there are various perspectives, both strong and weak, in the field of Psychology using different techniques on different

The humanistic approach works on the idea of the individual’s free will and puts faith and control into them. ”Maslow argues that Freud supplied the ‘sick’ half of psychology” and that “He (and Rogers) stressed the healthy half”. The humanistic approach can be seen as a counterbalance to both the Psychodynamic and Behaviourist approaches, the humanistic approach brought the ‘person’ back to psychology. Despite these differences between the Humanistic and Psychodynamic approach it has to be acknowledged that in certain situations the two approaches can be combined, depending on the client’s diagnosis.

As research suggests, sex therapy can be an effective mode of treatment for many issues in regards to sexual activity. From an outsider’s perspective, it may be hard to understand the process of sex therapy ad what it is used for. I would assume that people might think sex therapy is for pedophiles or rapist, trying to control their “urges”. However, sex therapy is more than just for that reason, it can be a healing process for those who have been abused or even a building bock for a couple to improve their sexual relationship. As therapist, this is where education comes in. I believe that if more people understood, the benefits of sex therapy the more they would promote the use of it in treatment. In this paper, I will explain the need of sex therapy and describe what it would look like in a therapeutic setting. In addition, I will provide a faith integration component in treatment.

Some people would say the United States have become more accepting of the LGBQ community. Members of the LGBQ community are now allowed to marry. In some instances same sex couples are allowed to receive health benefits from their partner place of employment. There are centers, support groups, and movements to promote gay awareness. Judging by the changes that have occurred in the past few years, one would think that discrimination towards members of this community is decreasing. Obvious forms of discrimination towards LGBQ may have decreased but microaggressions are still present. In the journal article “Sexual Orientation Microaggressions: The Experience of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Clients in Psychotherapy”, Shelton and Delgado-Romero (2013), organized research on sexual orientation and microaggressions in psychotherapy. The study included sixteen self- identified LBGQ individuals. White, Black, and Hispanic were the racial groups represented. Outcomes of this study show the presence of sexual orientation of microaggressions in psychotherapy.

The therapy topic that I have selected is Adlerian Therapy also known as Individual Psychology. Adler about unity among self. This was one of the factors that contributed to him naming his theory Individual Psychology. The therapy was developed by Alfred Adler. Adler's key concepts are choice and responsibility, meaning in life, success, completion, and perfection. He believes that clients are not sick they are discouraged. Adler's philosophy is shaped by his upbringing. His early recollections specifically had an impact on the theory he created and is famous for.

In the traditional medical model of society an individual is viewed in a way that accentuates what is “wrong” with them. It looks at the things that can be altered or fixed, and once those things are fixed, the individual is deemed “cured”. Instead of looking at the individual as a whole, the individual is viewed and evaluated by their flaws. When an individual is viewed using the existential model, they are not viewed by their problems. Rather they are viewed as the choices and circumstances that got them to the situation they may be in. Existential therapy believes that no matter what has happened to an individual, they still retain the freedom to decide how they respond to events and circumstances (Corey, 2013, p. 139).

Culture has a great influence on one’s sexual orientation. Different cultures hold different views on what is expected based on different histories related to sexuality. In ancient Greece, married Spartan warriors would engage in sexual relations with young training soldiers to ensure the young soldier acquires strength needed for the battlefield (De block and Adraiens 574). Same-sex relations between an older married lover also known as Erastai, and the Eromenoi was a traditional ritual that Greeks followed to ensure good warriors (De block and Adraiens 574). In addition, De block and Adriaens argue that in Japanese Samurai culture every warrior was “supposed

I really enjoyed the use of psychology to breakdown sexuality. On page 4 it discusses how Freud believed it was geared towards pleasure and not just reproduction. Last semester I watched a video about Freud’s Psychosexual Stages, which discussed how our life experiences play a role in our sexuality.

The client-centred therapeutic relationship between a client and a therapist is the underlying groundwork of motivational interviewing, in order to increase inducement to pursue client behaviour change and, conversely, client changed goals. Naar-king (2011), demonstrates that by maintaining a person-centred conversational style, the client will build up the courage, confidence and, consequently, commitment to a client preferential self-transition and ambitious strive. This makes it evident that, client-centred counselling will stimulate client’s desire to change unhealthy substance use behaviours. In addition, Miller and Rollnick (2013, pp. 29), suggests that motivational interviewing is “a collaborative, goal-orientated style of communication with a particular attention to the language of

Psychodynamic hypothesis, a hypothesis of identity started by Sigmund Freud (writing between the 1890s and the 1930s), has a long and complex history in social work. The youthful calling's want for a logical base, Mary Richmond's decision on a therapeutic model to survey and treat customer issues, and the wide effect of Freud's thoughts on the pop culture, added to the most noticeable part of psychodynamic thought in the hypothesis base of social work (Germain, 1970; Greene and Ephross, 1991). The hypothesis supporting psychodynamic therapy began in and is educated by psychoanalytic hypothesis. There are four noteworthy schools of psychoanalytic hypothesis, each of which has affected psychodynamic therapy. The four schools are: Freudian, Ego Psychology, Object Relations, and Self Psychology. Freudian brain science depends on the hypotheses initially figured by Sigmund Freud in the early piece of this century and is some of the time alluded to as the drive or auxiliary model. The substance of Freud's hypothesis is that sexual and forceful energies starting in the id (or oblivious) are regulated by the personality, which is an arrangement of capacities that conservatives between the id and outer reality. Barrier components are developments of the sense of self that work to limit torment and to keep up the mystic balance. The superego, shaped amid inertness (between age 5 and adolescence), works to control id drives through blame (Messer and Warren, 1995). Sense of self

The video and theory of my choice are Dr. Robert Wubbolding, the Reality Theory. Base on Dr. Wobbolding (02:00 min), Reality theory is a method that William Glasser developed base on people having internal control of their thinking along with help a person identify what they want and needs base on how a person is thinking, feeling and what they are doing. Dr. Robert Wubbolding states in dialogue (02:55min) changed the step instead of eight step into a four-step formula that focus on Environment and Procedure called WDEP, which stand for Wants, Doing, Evaluation, and Planning. They are the five base’s needs: Our needs for belonging, our needs power, our needs for fun and enjoyment and the need for freedom and independence (03:55), 1-5, (04:30) and the need survival and life.

In this paper, we will discuss what Choice Theory is and how it relates and differs from Positive Psychology. Also in this paper, two articles will be reviewed. One about Choice Theory and the other about Positive Psychology. This will help get a better understanding about the background of these two theories. Choice Theory was developed by Dr. William Glasser. It is the theory that states, “We choose all of our actions and thoughts, based on the information we receive in our lives.” (Bradley, 2014) This means we are in charge of how we feel, no one can make us feel or act in a certain way. Reality Therapy goes hand in hand with this theory. Reality therapy is used by counselors in order to train a client to take control of their lives. Positive Psychology is “A branch of psychology that focuses on building positive qualities that lead to more fulfilling lives.” (Project Innovation Inc., 2013) This branch contrasts many others because it does not focus on treating mental disorders. It is simply just training the brain to think more positively. It focuses on building up four characteristics – grit, optimism, positive affect, and life satisfaction. Both Choice Theory and Positive Psychology help achieve long term goals and help people to be successful