Influence of Freudian Psychology and Psychoanalysis on Therapists

Psychoanalysis
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Students studying psychology spend a significant amount of time learning about Freud's ideas. Even people who do not work in the area of psychology are typically familiar with Freudian psychoanalysis, the school of thought founded by Sigmund Freud. Knowledge of Freudian psychology and understanding of essential ideas in psychoanalysis—such as the unconscious, fixations, defense mechanisms, and dream symbols—can aid you in understanding the effect that Freudian psychology and psychoanalysis have had on current psychologists.
Sigmund Freud's most significant contribution to psychology was the concept of talk therapy, which is the idea that merely talking about our issues might allow us to feel better about ourselves. It was via his close friendship and professional contact with Josef Breuer that Sigmund Freud became aware of a lady referred to as Anna O in the case history. Originally, Bertha Pappenheim was the young lady's given name. She became a patient of Breuer's after suffering from an attack of hysteria, which was then considered a medical emergency. Some of the symptoms included blurred vision, paranoid delusions, and partial paralysis. Some of the signs that Breuer was experiencing were alleviated by talking about them. Pappenheim herself first used the term "treatment" to refer to the procedure. "Talking cure is the name of the game; because of this, Freud and Breuer's professional and personal ties were broken by the conclusion that she had been sexually assaulted at an early age. According to historians, Anna O.'s case influenced Freud's work and later concepts of therapy and psychoanalysis, even though she wasn't a patient of his...