Who Was Sigmund Freud Pt 4 By 1896, Freud had arrived at the conclusion that hysteria and other neurotic complaints were reactions to traumatic experiences of a sexual nature occurring in early childhood (generally, before the age of eight). He … Continue reading →
Who Was Sigmund Freud Pt 3 The experiences with Charcot set the scene for Freud’s gradual transition from neurology to clinical psychology. In 1886, he commenced a private practice in neuropathology, though saw many patients clearly suffering from underlying psychological … Continue reading →
Who Was Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was born on 6th May 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire (now Pribor in the Czech Republic). His father, Jakob Freud (1815-1896), was a Jewish wool merchant, whose marriage to Freud’s … Continue reading →
Who Was Fritz Perls Pt 3 In 1927, Fritz Perls moved to Vienna, because it was the place to be, for anyone involved in the psychoanalytic world. As time went by, Perls became increasingly dissatisfied with Freudian theory and practice, … Continue reading →
Who Was Fritz Perls No discussion on Humanistic Psychotherapy would be complete without discussing Fritz Perls. Perls was a German Jew, born on 8th July 1893 in Berlin. His mother and sister adored him, but he had a very bad … Continue reading →
The Latent Content – which is the hidden meaning. Freud had said that dreams were: “The Royal Road to the Unconscious”, and they can be extraordinarily revealing. Perls became dissatisfied with Freudian-style interpretation; he believed the person who really knew … Continue reading →
Dysfunctional Thinking And Cognitive Biases When a schema is activated, e.g. in someone who experiences perceived danger, there are cognitive biases and distortions that affect interpretations of the events. Although we all do this, it is much more common in … Continue reading →
Main Features Of Depression Beck described depressed people as focusing on unrealistically negative views and having a ânegative cognitive triad; depressed people typically have a negative view of themselves, the world and the futureâ (Mytton, 2000) Thoughts about loss, defeat, … Continue reading →
The Vicious Cycle Anxiety Anxiety is caused when danger is perceived and often overestimated and the coping strategy is underestimated. The nervous system, comprising the Central Nervous System (CNS) Autonomic Nervous system (ANS) and Enteric Nervous System (ENS), acts as … Continue reading →
What is Discounting? Pt 2 There are four behaviours which indicate that someone is discounting: Doing nothing (the person will be experiencing themselves as not thinking) Over adaptation (the person does what they believe will fulfil the wishes of others … Continue reading →
