Psychology Historical Approach

Psychoanalysis Historical Approach

Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis (1916-1917). He was a Viennese physician, being the most famous people of the early psychologist. Also, he was one of the first scientists to make a serious research of the mind. Freud had done an experiment on his own self which included studying his own dreams, memories and personality, which determined that he had many mental disorders and fears.

The psychoanalysis was the importance of unconscious motives and internal conflicts in determining and understanding human behavior. Through consultations with patients to encourage them to talk through their problems was a method that helped him gain his understandings of human behavior. The method was later called a "talking cure." The goal of this method was to release the powerful emotional energy in which he believed was locked in the unconscious mind.

Another way Freud would search the cases of mental and emotional problems were by studying the dreams of people. Asking have you ever tried to figure out the meaning of a dream you had. He believed dreams serve to gratify unconscious wishes and longings. To ease troubled minds of patients he tried hypnosis on them. The effects were only temporary. This method just involved sitting with his patients and listening to them talk.

Freud would tell his patients that there would be no holding back because of fear or guilt. To let whatever they have in their mind be let out, in order to have the communication between them better. There would be discussions to investigate the hidden fears and conflicts patients would have. Although this kind of therapy would take a long time. That is why people now a day hardly use this method because of the length of the treatment.

The method of analyzing is used to describe psychoanalysis. These methods that Freud had developed were most of the time useful to patients. Freud had declared that people essentially have little free will and are subject to the workings of the unconscious mind that was highly revolutionary. His theory became a part of popular culture. He had also attempted to help people gain insight into their unconscious conflicts, also finding socially acceptable ways of expressing their wishes and meeting their needs.