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    sun becomes black here? The shining sun could infer a healthy body but the black one could infer a body suffering from many unhappy and miserable experiences. Hence, in my view, Kristeva may infer melancholia is the black sun. In Chapter one, “Psychoanalysis- A Counter-depressant,” Kristeva deals with the following issues, including depression relating to echolalia experiences, two sides on the depressive persons, the differentiation between the death drive and the depressed mood and death-bearing

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    Childhood amnesia, or infantile amnesia, obviously, starts when we are born. It is indicated, by Sigmund Freud, founder of the disorder, that it is “a loss of memory from the infant years.” Though only a few of us can remember things that took place after birth, the past story or history of our lives can only be remembered a few years later. It is not shown the average amount on how many people live with this. My theory is that this may be a common disorder, where there are many people, such as myself

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    Conversion Hysteria

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    Sigmund Freud, neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, was originally interested in the scientific side of medicine and was especially intrigued by the brain. He attended medical school in Vienna with the aspiration to become a medical researcher. From this he was offered a fellowship to study in Paris with neurologist, Jean Charcot. Charcot treated Conversion Hysteria patients using hypnosis. Conversion hysteria is a psychological disorder in which the patients experience physical symptoms but

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    1. Psychoanalysis Instincts /Drive an innate psychic energy known as id Sigmund Freud Catharsis or Abreaction drives Conscious and unconscious mental state activity Western values were effective/Modified by measure of awareness Interpretation of the transference relationship 2. Analytical Therapy Archetype Carl Jung- Jungian Dialectical method The collective unconscious and archetypes filtering from the conscious to repress the unconscious Self-Free association/ Individuation- wholeness

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    One model of group therapy is Psychoanalytic group therapy. Psychoanalysis is a model popularized by Sigmund Freud and is the first wave of psychotherapy, representing a system of personality development and psychotherapy. Freudian theories view the human nature as deterministic. According to Corey (2013), Freud held a deterministic view of humans on issues of freewill versus determinism, and that everything we do is predetermined by the life and death instincts. According to Freud (as cited

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    The Uncanny

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    The central focus of the Anti-Patriarchal Theory defines the rejection of Freud’s presumption of a primarily male-based view of women within the context of psychoanalytical theory. For instance, in Freud’s essay “The Uncanny”, he tends to refute the idea of the doll—named Olympia—as a major focus of Hoffman story The Sandman. Of course, the premise of Freud’s s idea of the repression of female figures, such as the doll Olympia—tend to re-focus back onto the Nathaniel as the main focus of the “uncanny”

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    an expression, in fictional form, of the personality, state of mind, feelings, and desires of its author (Tyson). Through the lens of psychoanalytic criticism we are exposed to the bases of human nature and experiences. In most circumstances, psychoanalysis is targeted to find the root of individual’s psychological characteristics and unravel and resolve the mystery behind it. Psychological history begins from adolescence and the traumatic and or life changing experiences that impact an individual's

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    in early childhood and progresses throughout life. Sansone, Wiederman, Hattic, & Flath, (2010). This psychodynamic way of thinking is generally a watered-down offshoot of the more conservative and rigid psychoanalytic school of thought. Psychoanalysis emphasizes that all adult problems ' roots can be traced back to

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    structure (Carlson, 2004). Alternatively, the psychoanalytical approach heavily focuses on the “unconscious” and the role of internal processes in shaping personality and thus behaviour (Glassman & Hadad, 2004). Fathered by Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis it has led to viable talking therapy, as has the biological work of Helmholtz and Cajal allowed us clearer views on the physiological side of psychology and perception (Comer, 1995). This paper will examine the similarities and differences between

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    applied only to the theory and practice of Freud and his disciples, and that the theory and practice of Jung should be designated 'Analytical Psychology', and that the theory and practice of Adler should be designated 'Individual Psychology'.    Psychoanalysis' in this broader sense covers both a set of theories and a set of practices.

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