with their sexual urges (Weiten, 1995, pg11). Most psychologists viewed psychoanalytic theory as unscientific speculation that would eventually fade away, but by the 1940’s psychoanalysis was so popular that it threatened to eclipse psychology entirely. (Hornstein, 1992). Because of the popularity of psychoanalysis, psychologists were forced to apply scientific methods to the topics of personality, motivation, and abnormal behaviour. In studying these topics, many of them saw merit in some of Freud’s concepts (Rosenzweig, 1985). Freud re-awakened popular interest in the importance of the dreaming mind and stressed the healing power of interpretation by an expert psychoanalyst. (Siegel, 1985). “To be concerned with dreams is a form of self-realisation”C. G. JungTherapy:- What happens in psychoanalysis is that people tell stories with meanings, metaphors and symbols. They tell them again and again, in search of insight, (Young,1995). During interaction transference (interacting with the therapist as one would with a significant other) occurs, which is an important factor in analysis. The fundamental theory of change is that what is unconscious does not change and what is conscious can be changed, therefore the aim is to make the unconscious, conscious (Weiten, 1995). Newer approaches have placed less emphasis on unconscious processes and free-association in favour of more direct communication. Therapy is mostly time-consuming, lasting up to 5 years, although new approaches have sought to decrease the length of therapy. The goal in therapy is to pursue increased insight regarding the nature of the client’s difficulties and to sort through possible solutions. (Weiten, 1995).Advantages:- Can be useful in understanding interactions between therapists and clients.- Clients can develop a useful understanding of the meaning of their symptoms.Disadvantages:- Does not explain disease well.- Based on untested hy...
