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  2. Psychoanalytic theory - Wikipedia

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    Psychoanalytic theory. Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development relating to the practice of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology. First laid out by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century (particularly in his 1899 book The Interpretation of Dreams ...

  3. Id, ego and superego - Wikipedia

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    In psychoanalytic theory, the id, ego and superego are three distinct, interacting agents in the psychic apparatus, defined in Sigmund Freud 's structural model of the psyche. The three agents are theoretical constructs that Freud employed to describe the basic structure of mental life as it was encountered in psychoanalytic practice.

  4. Free association (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Free association (psychology) Free association is the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes. [ 1] The technique is used in psychoanalysis (and also in psychodynamic theory) which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic ...

  5. Psychoanalysis - Wikipedia

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    Psychoanalysis[ i ] is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques [ ii ] that deal in part with the unconscious mind, [ iii ] and which together form a method of treatment for mental disorders. The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Sigmund Freud, [ 1 ] whose work stemmed partly from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others.

  6. Some Character-Types Met with in Psycho-Analytic Work

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    Some Character-Types Met within Psycho-Analytic Work is an essay by Sigmund Freud from 1916, comprising three character studies—of what he called 'The Exceptions', 'Those Wrecked by Success' and 'Criminals from a Sense of Guilt'. Freud described as the 'Exceptions' those who because of early narcissistic injury felt that they were ...

  7. Freud's psychoanalytic theories - Wikipedia

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    Psychoanalysis was founded by Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that people could be cured by making their unconscious a conscious thought and motivations, and by that gaining "insight". The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e. make the unconscious conscious.

  8. Introduction to Psychoanalysis - Wikipedia

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    Introduction to Psychoanalysis or Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis ( German: Einführung in die Psychoanalyse) [ 1] is a set of lectures given by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in 1915–1917 (published 1916–1917, in English 1920). [ 2] The 28 lectures offer an elementary stock-taking of his views of the unconscious ...

  9. Repression (psychoanalysis) - Wikipedia

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    Repression (psychoanalysis) Repression is a key concept of psychoanalysis, where it is understood as a defense mechanism that "ensures that what is unacceptable to the conscious mind, and would if recalled arouse anxiety, is prevented from entering into it." [ 1] According to psychoanalytic theory, repression plays a major role in many mental ...