History of Psychoanalytic Method
(Glen O. Gabbard MD - Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry 7th Edition)
Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Most Psychotherapy conducted in the United States derives from psychoanalytic principles.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - founder of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis (sometimes called Psychodynamic) psychotherapies have been demonstrated to be highly effective and useful treatments for a wide range of disorders. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is still the major form of psychotherapy taught in training programs. This modality usually takes place from one to three times per week, with the patient and therapist sitting face to face.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy goes by a variety of different names including:
Psychoanalysis is a treatment derived from psychoanalytic theory, the most comprehensive conceptual model of mental life available. It is based on the notion that early childhood experiences are internalized and, in concert with biological urges from within, form a dynamic unconscious that influences thoughts, feelings, and behavior. The term Psychoanalysis is used to refer to a theory of the mind, a procedure or method of inquiry, and a type of treatment.
Most Psychotherapy conducted in the United States derives from psychoanalytic principles.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) - founder of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis (sometimes called Psychodynamic) psychotherapies have been demonstrated to be highly effective and useful treatments for a wide range of disorders. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is still the major form of psychotherapy taught in training programs. This modality usually takes place from one to three times per week, with the patient and therapist sitting face to face.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy goes by a variety of different names including:
- expressive psychotherapy
- expressive supportive psychotherapy
- insight-oriented psychotherapy
- intensive psychotherapy
- exploratory psychotherapy
- psychoanalytically or psychodynamically informed supportive psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis is a treatment derived from psychoanalytic theory, the most comprehensive conceptual model of mental life available. It is based on the notion that early childhood experiences are internalized and, in concert with biological urges from within, form a dynamic unconscious that influences thoughts, feelings, and behavior. The term Psychoanalysis is used to refer to a theory of the mind, a procedure or method of inquiry, and a type of treatment.