Introduction to the
Psychoanalytic Techniques As you know, psychoanalysis is interested in exploration of the unconscious mind in order to cure. In this respect, it applies specific techniques or methods that we intend
to present in this section. These methods were first developed by Sigmund Freud, also called "the father of psychoanalysis".The below is a short list of these main techniques. Some of them are further explained if you click the links that
lead to their corresponding articles on the site.  Anamnesis - resembles perfectly to a certain extent the classical
anamnesis known in the practice of general medicine. The interpretation of the biographic (personal) events during the psychoanalytical cure may settle the neurotic frame of the individual's psychopathology.Free Associations Method - This method replaced hypnosis in
Freud's therapy. It consists in gathering the free associations provided by the patient during the cure. These associations points to the inner conflicts and repressed drives included in neurotic symptoms. Learn
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The Interpretation of Faulty Acts (Freudian Slips and Mistakes)
- This is a remarkable contribution of Freud to the exploration of the unconscious. For most of us the so-called "faulty acts" - as for instance lapses, slips of all kinds - have no contextual
significance for our psychic life. Freud is the first scientist to detect the significance of faulty acts, starting from the premise, acknowledged in practice, of the determinism of all our psychic processes. Learn
more... The Analysis/Interpretation of Dreams - By far the most
important psychoanalytic technique, also called the royal road to the unconscious by Freud himself, dream interpretation is considered by him an irreplaceable means to access the unconscious. The first dream
ever interpreted in Freud's style is the Irma's injection published in his Dream Interpretation (1900). Learn more...
The Analysis/Interpretation of Symbols - Symbols occur in dreams, fantasies, fairy tales and other at products, and they may be interpreted in the same way as dreams. Freud claims that most of such
symbols are sexual. Learn more... |
