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Te-Erika Patterson Spring 2009 Personality TheoriesMarriage & Family Counseling Barry University
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Te-Erika Patterson Spring 2009 Personality TheoriesMarriage & Family Counseling Barry University
HumanNatureproblem formationchangetechniquesKey Concepts
 
SigmundFreud
Freud believes nothing wedo is a mistake and there arereasons for all of our actions. Our behavior ismotivated through theunconscious mind and aconscious expression of our sexuality.Repressed complexesare influenced by the id,ego and super ego.Because of the conflictsthat are encountered wetend to resort to the useof our defensemechanisms.The change would be toavoid repression and makethe unconscious issues of the mind elevate to theconscious level.Free association as ameans to interpret his patient’s dreams. Hisgoal is to make theunconsciousconscious.Id, ego, superego,conscious,unconscious, defensemechanisms 
CarlJung
Deterministic, Spiritual &FreewillHuman beings areconflicted with opposingforces, for example, for every unconscious positivethought there must be anegative one behind it.Entropy, and equivalence,strive for completionOne sided development-if you act like you are perfect and make nomistakes, repression of one of the functionsmanifests in neurosis or  psychosis whichmanifests itself intosymptoms like defensemechanisms.Establish more balance between the attitudes andfunctions. Self realizationthrough transcendentfunction, which means being able to see bothsides of who we reallyare.Multi model therapist,word association test,art therapyArchetypes- shadow,anima & animusPsyche, principal of entropy, principles of equivalence andopposite, collectiveunconsciousness, personal unconscious 
AlfredAdler
This feeling of beingordinary or average becomes the driving forceof motivation, movingsomeone from one level toanother. This drivecontinues throughout life.This feeling of beingAdler formulatedconcepts regardingmotivation, he foundthat due to an infant’sinitial helplessness, aninfant feels ordinary andis eager to overcomethat feeling byUnderstand mistakes madein our past, reestablishgoals, identify and replacethe destructive lifestylethat has been crafted byour beliefs.Adler’s therapy issupportive andempathic. His goal isto help clients have adeeper understandingof themselves andtheir personal growth.feelings of inferiorityand striving for superiority, socialinterest
 
Te-Erika Patterson Spring 2009 Personality TheoriesMarriage & Family Counseling Barry Universityinadequate is called “minussituations” and drives themotivation for what Alder called “plus situations” thatis, where an individual feelsadequate.developing to a moresuperior level of development. 
KarenHorney
Deterministic & FreewillInfluenced by culturalfactors:(family and itsdysfunctions) Society andits dysfunctions and gender & meaning we ascribeHyper competitivenessis self perceptions of inadequacy inferiority,societal, cultural, familyand tyranny of should Neurotic coping strategiesand use of defenses areused as a means of controland dealing with our everyday life situations. Gaininsight into the consciousconflict. Achieve self realization bydistinguishing thedifference between theidealized self and the realself.Free association anddream analysis is usedto have the patient’sreal self come to light.Expressive therapeutictechnique is used tohave the patient facethe negative conflictsthey may be dealingwith.Hyper competitiveness,tyranny of theshoulds, neuroticcoping strategies,ideal self, real self  
Erik H.Erikson
Deterministic & FreewillEpignetic principle-development happens in aseries of sequential stages.Human Developmentdevelops throughout one’slife span and is influenced by cultural & socialinteractions.All aspects of  personality could beexplained in terms of turning points or criseswe must meet at each of the 8 developmentalstages humans gothrough from birth todeathIdentify & resolve issuesthat cause stages not to bemastered.Free association,transference, dreamanalysis play therapy& psycho historicalanalysisHis treatment isgeared towardchildren and aimed atreceiving repressedmaterial.8 stages of egodevelopment,identity crisis
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