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Discussion 38

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Q Psychodynamic therapies are based on the thinking of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychodynamic theory. Traditional Psychoanalysis is the clinical method devised by Freud. It aims to provide insight into the conflicts that are presumed to lie at the roots of a person’s problems. Modern Psychodynamic Approaches are briefer and less intense and usually more directive as well. Supplemental film: Psychotherapies (Links to an external site.) from the Annenberg Foundation. Read Psychodynamic Approach Download Psychodynamic Approach, by Saul McLeod. Briefly summarize the article in a 250-300 word reply. In 75-100 words respond to at least two other students. Note: Click the options button in the upper right corner to see the rubric for this exercise.

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Sigmund Freud a psychiatrist, neurologist and key pioneer of the psychodynamic approach (including his psychoanalytic theory of personality) theorized that our mental activity is mostly unconscious, and it is this unconscious activity that causes our behavior. He explained that traumatic childhood experiences pushed into the unconscious mind that can later lead to mental disorders, and developed ‘talking cures’ psychoanalysis, or more generally termed psychotherapy to help release problematic repressed memories and relieve symptoms. Key assumptions of the Psychodynamic Approach are: Unconscious activity is the key determinate of how we behave, We possess innate ‘drives’ or ‘instincts’ that ‘energize’ our minds to motivate behavior as we develop through our lives,