Freudian psychoanalysis

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Freudian psychoanalysis is a theory and method of therapy developed by Sigmund Freud that explains human behavior and mental disorders through unconscious conflicts, childhood experiences, and the dynamics of drives and defenses.

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instanceOf depth psychology approach
psychological theory
psychotherapy method
aimsTo make the unconscious conscious
relieve psychological suffering
basedOnConcept Oedipus complex NERFINISHED
countertransference
death drive
dream interpretation
ego
free association
id
life drives
pleasure principle
psychosexual development
reality principle
repetition compulsion
repression
superego
transference
criticizedFor lack of empirical testability
overemphasis on sexuality
developedBy Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED
emphasizes early childhood experiences
family relationships
sexuality in psychological development
focusesOn childhood experiences
defense mechanisms
psychic drives
unconscious conflicts
unconscious mind
influenced clinical psychology
cultural studies
literary theory
psychiatry
psychoanalytic movement
influencedBy Jean-Martin Charcot NERFINISHED
Josef Breuer NERFINISHED
hypnosis
neurology
originatedIn Vienna NERFINISHED
late 19th century
typicallyInvolves long-term treatment
multiple weekly sessions
patient lying on a couch
usesTechnique analysis of transference
dream analysis
free association
interpretation of resistance
viewsNeurosisAs result of unresolved unconscious conflict
viewsSymptomAs compromise formation

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Oedipus complex centralTo Freudian psychoanalysis
pleasure principle coreConceptOf Freudian psychoanalysis
Upheavals of Thought influencedBy Freudian psychoanalysis
this entity surface form: Psychoanalysis