Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis is a talk therapy used for treating mental trauma and it is said to be the origin of all psychotherapies.

It is called a talk therapy because it uses talking instead of medication.  It is theoretically extremely complex and has been revised many times over the years since its first conception in the late 1800’s.  It takes 4 years + at post graduate level to train as a Psychoanalyst in Ireland.

A few basic factors that distinguish psychoanalysis from other therapies are that it involves free association, the aim is to make the unconscious conscious through the use of language and resolve unconscious conflicts.  

Sigmund Freud introduced the concepts of 

The ID The EGO and The SUPEREGO  

Psychoanalysis takes into account unconscious processes, unlike many of the behavioural therapies which deal with the consciously observable processes.

The ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO are all deeply intertwined with these unconscious processes, where the ID drives primal urges, the EGO mediates these impulses with reality, and the SUPEREGO imposes moral standards, often without our conscious awareness.

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THE UNCONSCIOUS IN ACTION