Freud is the founder of Psychoanalysis, (1856-1939)
CG Jung, Wilhelm Reich, Melanie Klein and
many others followed Freud and his theories.
Approaches which were put forward by Freud
include transactional analysis and gestalt
therapy.
Freud's Perspective Includes:
Our unconscious feeling direct the way we
behave, we do not always know our feelings
therefore we do not always know why we behave
as we do in a particular situation.
We are deeply influenced by our earliest childhood
experiences, for example what we believe and how we
feel as adults.
Individuals go through psychosexual
stages of development, e.g. oral, anal,
phallic, latency and genital.
Freud thought every person has:
An ID - which makes 'I want' demands.
An EGO - which tries to resolve conflicts
between ID and the Super EGO.
a SUPEREGO - which represents the
demands made by parents and society
about how to behave.
If a person listens to the 'ID' more than the
'SUPEREGO' this means that they are
'EGOCENTRIC.' (Which this means they are self
seeking and selfish)
If a person listens more to the 'SUPEREGO' more
than the 'ID' the person is seen as a 'CONFORMIST'
(Means that they are self denying)
When the 'ID' is well balanced with the needs of the
'SUPEREGO' that the person is considered to be a 'well
grounded person, who is balanced'