Topic B (2)

Topic B (2)

1. Evaluation Dream Analysis

   • false memory - any memory which is not true and can be given by someone else 'remembering an event and telling another person who then 'remembers' it as true.
     • Relating it to Freud - False recovered memory, where a childhood memory (e.g of abuse) is suggested by the analyst and accepted, then later found not to be true.
       • Evaluation of dream analysis as a research method - it can access hard-to-reach information buried in the unconscious.
         • It is usually accepted by the client, helping them to be 'cured'
           • It uses information from the client directly and can be used as a legitimate part of a case study or therapy
             • weaknesses - there may be ethical problems as soon as Freud's interpretation could be wrong. Which could lead to false memories and make them believe they are true.
               • it involves interpretation which means that it is subjective.

2. psychoanalysis: they work with people who have mental health issues, such as (ocd) phobias or anxiety. Sometimes working with someone who is having problems with relationships or managing their life.

   • psychotherapy - cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), hypnotherapy, general counselling.
     • aim of psychoanalysis is to uncover unconscious wishes to find the reasons for the patients problems
       • psychoanalysts listen and observe, focusing on the emotions that the patient shows. They look at verbal and non-verbal information and record information from each session carefully.
         • the psychoanalyst helps the person to understand their emotions. 'making unconscious into conscious' .
           • they go 4 times a week for about an hour and the sessions are around 50 pound per time.
             • the analysis can go on for a long time, months and even years, it takes place in a quiet and comftable place so the patient can speak more freely.
               • the analysis is out of sight so they don't disturb the patient.
                 • the analysis talks considers the manifest content and then draws out symbols to uncover the latent content. They also use information from free association to add detail.
                   • the analysis tries to find out what emotions are involved.
                     • they usually work for themselves in private clinics.
                       • most psychoanalysis undergo training in family therapy, psychodrama or hypnotherapy.
                         • to be a psychoanalysis you have to be able to listen carefully to patients and observe them as well as having to be interested in people are the main skills required.
                           • You cannot be judge mental and have to detach yourself from their problems. (training helps you do this)
                             • You need to have a degree or something which is equivalent to a degree
                               • you then have to undertake training, approved by the international psychoanalytic association.
                                 • to get into the courses you have to go through an interview process.
                                   • the training lasts for 4 years and it is part time.
                                     • the person being trained must undergo psychoanalysis themselves 4 or 5 times (50 min sessions)
                                       • the first year focuses on Freud's theory's and general theory's.
                                         • the final part of the training is the psychoanalysis of 2 patients whilst being supervised by a qualified psychoanalysis where you see clients for 50 mins each day for 4 or 5 days a week. this lasts for 2 years and starts in the second year
                                           • a second client is seen in the third year and the analysis of this client lasts for a year.
                                             • psychoanalysis must keep up with new issues and practising professionally.