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Psychoanalysis and Literature, 1997.
A discussion on Sigmund Freud's statement that psychoanalytic texts are no different from any other with reference to Freud's case studies, "Dora", "The Wolf Man" and "Katherina" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Muders in the Rue Morgue."
3,875 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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Taking Freud's statement that "all life leads to death" as its starting point, this paper looks at the case studies of "Dora", "Katherina" and "The Wolf Man", examining the extent to which these can be compared to a fictional narrative, such as Poe's "The Muders in the Rue Morgue." The paper goes on to discuss how psychoanaltic theory can be applied to literature, with both the analyst and the author engaging in an attempt to "narrate" lives, bringing them to a satisfactory end point or conclusion.
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"Before the scene itself has been discovered, Freud describes the ?unconscious memory traces? as being in a state of ?chaos?. He can only bring order from this apparent chaos once he has brought the element of narratability to the case history, and therefore to the analysand?s life. Once this has been done, the Wolf Man?s history has been brought to its symbolic death. In the same way that a great deal of fictional texts end with a literal death, or a marriage, the Wolf Man, like Dora, reaches the ?death? of his own narrative by being ?cured?, and is then free to marry - which, Freud tells us, he does. "
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Freudian Psychoanalysis as Literary Criticism, 2002.
This paper looks at Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and how it can be applied to literature.
1,230 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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The writer looks into the definition of psychoanalysis and illuminates how psychoanalysis has proved an enduring form of literary criticism and will continue to be one so long as people are willing to search for motivations. The paper gives some of the reasons why psychoanalysis has not garnered the same degree of popularity or credibility as some other approaches to literary critique.
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"Integral to the study and application of Freudian psychoanalysis is and understanding of Freud?s basic premises concerning the unconscious aspects of the human psyche. In the Ego and The Id (1923), Freud introduced terms for three zones of the mental process: id, ego, and super-ego (Guerin 88). The id is the entirely unconscious ?reservoir of libido . . . [and] the source of all our aggressions and desires? (88-89); therefore, its function is to fulfill the pleasure principal, man?s innate need to procure pleasure, without any restraints of morality or good and evil (Laplanche 322). Providing a balance between id and super-ego, the ego serves as an intermediary between the internal (passion) and the external (reason) worlds (Guerin 90)."
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Martin Luther & Psychoanalysis, 2006.
A review of 'Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History' by Erik H. Erickson.
3,364 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper takes a look at Martin Luther and psychoanalysis. The paper does so by reviewing Erik H. Erickson's book, 'Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History'. According to the paper, this book has two very powerful themes presented. The first is on the very famous historical figure and religious reformer, Martin Luther, whose name will be a big part of the history of the civilized world for centuries to come. And the other major theme in this book is psychoanalysis, for which the late Eric Erickson was a well-known practitioner and innovator.
Outline:
Introduction to Erik Erikson
'Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History'
Conclusion
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"At this point in the book, Erikson digs up research on Luther's "fit" in the choir, offering various views from others' writings - those "experts" who later speculated about it - including Otto Scheel, a German professor of theology, who "flatly disavows" the story but in the process of denial equates Luther's possible "fit" with Paul's "miraculous [and yet pathological] conversion." A Dominican named Heinrich Denifle, another historian / archivist quoted by Erikson, suggests that Luther's "fit" was the result of "an abysmal depravity of character"; after all, Denifle believed Luther to be "too much of a psychopath to be credited with honest mental or spiritual suffering" (p. 26). "
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Freud's Psychoanalysis, 2008.
This paper provides an overview of the history of psychoanalysis and its general components.
1,634 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses a definition of psychoanalysis, its pioneering figures, methods, contributions and limitations. The paper shows how the discovery of psychoanalysis "shook up" the course of human knowledge and supplied modernity with one of its central themes. The paper believes that it is impossible to cease marveling at the ingenuity of Sigmund Freud in his quest for an understanding of the human mind.
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Psychoanalysis: Definition and Origins
The Pioneer, his Concepts and the Disciples
Method, Technique and the Therapist-Patient Relationship
Criticism and Limitations
Conclusion
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"The sayings, "that was a Freudian slip, or "he has an Oedipus Complex" are as common as they are shopworn. However, the common use of those expressions serves as a convenient introduction to this paper, as it pays homage to the monumental Austrian thinker and the science he pioneered: psychoanalysis. Today, the importance of this science is rarely dismissed, but this hardly implies that a great many misconceptions and inaccurate cliches still mar popular discussions of its findings and repercussions."
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The Politics of Psychoanalysis, 2008.
An analysis of the authoritarian perspective of psychoanalysis and its role in the political economy of our time.
2,801 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper critiques psychoanalysis with particular emphasis on its role in the political economy of our time. It argues that psychoanalysis fosters an authoritarian perspective between the analyst and the subject/patient who is defined as a non-agent. This paper suggests that this denial of agency within psychoanalysis has direct analogies to the denial of agency in our socio-political structures.
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"This view has clear and present analogies for technology and the practice of cyborgology in our modern world. Consider, for example, who controls the Internet. Is it the state, or the people? No, it is the large corporations who not only own, but administer and define the Internet. The Japanese have been allowed into the Euro-American club of technology, while the Chinese have been granted permission to build the technology and the Indians to program and serve as offshore support systems for the technology. Nonetheless, the club remains almost exclusively Euro-American, as does the Internet itself."
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Psychoanalysis and Literature, 2005.
This paper discusses the importance of psychoanalysis for effective reading as Peter Barry suggests in referencing Edgar Allan Poe's detective story "The Purloined Letter" and William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73".
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This paper explains that, in Chapter 7 of "English in Practice", Peter Barry alludes to how much psychoanalysis is employed in literary analysis and especially the way detective work involves psychoanalysis, as exemplified in Edgar Allan Poe's detective story "The Purloined Letter". The author points out that psychoanalysis bridges the gap between fiction-reading and comprehension, which involves a kind of detective work, especially in the reading of detective fiction. The paper relates that Barry's allusion to "The Purloined Letter" in his interpretation of "Sonnet 73" shows that the connection between literary analysis and detective work is strong and important. The paper contends that Barry uses the prefect's methods of detection in "The Purloined Letter" in his analysis of "Sonnet 73" to say that the poem is about climate, nature and death.
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"The Prefect and his associate, the failed detectors, also appear as failed readers in their inability to "read" (analyze) the Minister D-- and his intellectual nature. Conversely, the Minister D-- appears as an astute reader and detector of the Queen's unusual behavior and literally an instant reader and interpreter of her lette. D-- also figures as a writer of the disguised letter. Dupin, the successful detective, is a successful reader of the disguised letter, and then figures as an equivalent author of a forgery or substitute signed by way of a literary allusion."
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Psychoanalysis, 2004.
An analysis of the theory of psychoanalysis and its application to psychotherapy.
3,468 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 97.95
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This paper examines the psychoanalytic theory, exploring how it fits with the Life Model Schema, life transitions, environmental stressors, and interpersonal obstacles. The paper discusses the compatibility of psychoanalysis with social work values, ethics, and skills. The paper assesses how psychoanalytic theory applies to working with individuals, families, and/or small groups. The impact of racial, ethnic, or socio-cultural issues of the application of psychoanalysis is outlined in the paper. The paper analyzes ethical conflicts, which might be prompted by the implementation of this theory, and identifies how it relates to NASW code of ethics.
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Introduction of Theory
The Life Model Schema
Social Work Values
Individuals, Families and Small Groups
Racial, Ethnic or Socio-Cultural Issues
Specific Client Population
NASW Code of Ethics
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"Attentive listening and empathy from the therapist allows the patient to express thoughts and feelings which will later allow for the discovery of underlying emotional conflicts. During treatment, the patient will try to ?blame? someone for the distress he/she feels, and this person if often the psychoanalyst. This is how patients often arrive to having all sorts of feelings, ranging from love to hate and from rivalry to rejection toward the psychoanalyst. This process, the projection onto the psychoanalyst of behaviors and feelings that have originated in earlier relationships is referred to as ?transference?. The manner in which the analyst handles the transference is crucial to the success of the psychoanalysis. The general conception is that the patient discovers the nature of his/her unconscious feelings and then becomes able to acknowledge them. The therapist directs the patient?s attention to important aspects, of which he/she seems unaware, usually relating to links between the past and present, the emotional responses to the therapist and the important people in the patient life. These feelings are then regarded in a much more dispassionate way and from a tolerant perspective, as the patient feels liberated from their influence in future behavior."
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Freud and Psychoanalysis, 2002.
Looks at reasons for Freud's creation and the development of his psychoanalysis theories.
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This paper explores the issues of Sigmund Freud and why he created the field of psychoanalysis. This paper is not a history of the creation of psychoanalysis.
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Traditional Psychoanalysis vs. Behavioral Family Therapy, 2002.
This paper compares two therapies that almost are as different as therapies can get: Traditional psychoanalysis and behavioral family therapy.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper contrasts both traditional psychoanalysis and a newer tradition, behavioral family therapy and looks at their applicability in different situations. The author explains that psychoanalysis, developed by Freud, helps the client gain more awareness and understanding of their inner world including motivations. The author points out that behavioral family therapy, a melding of behavior therapy and family therapy, assumes that all behavior is learned, or conditioned, and can be unlearned and changed and that the family, viewed as a system, is the focus of this learning.
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Introduction
Description
Comparison
Depth/Insight
Focus on Family
Goals
Length of Therapy
Meaning Orientation
Conformity
Application to Different Situations
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"While they both emphasize family, they do so in very different ways. In psychoanalysis, the therapeutic arrangement is between the therapist and the individual. Family members are not brought into the therapeutic alliance. In family therapy, the family is the unit that works with the therapist. The family is not separated out, but placed at the center of the working process."
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Behavioral Therapy vs. Psychoanalysis, 2004.
An analysis of the differences between behavioral therapy and psychoanalysis.
1,709 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper claims that, in comparison to psychoanalysis, behavior therapy focuses more on specific problems, such as anxiety symptoms, so treatment is often more compressed. The paper examines the goal of behavior therapy, to eliminate bad behaviors, or to develop adaptive coping behaviors. The paper explains that unlike psychoanalysis, behavior therapy has little regard for the unconscious processes underlying personality disorders. The paper describes the techniques used in behavior therapy, such as aversive conditioning, in which negative habits are paired with unpleasant stimuli and systematic desensitization, where a stimulus that causes anxiety and negative feelings is paired with a pleasant one.
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Introduction
The Two Types of Therapy
Freud
Skinner
Conclusion
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"Amazing advances have been made in the treatment of mental illness throughout the years (Merck, 2004). An understanding of what causes some mental health disorders has resulted in a greater sophistication in customizing treatment to the underlying basis of specific disorders. Thus, many mental health disorders can now be treated almost as successfully as physical disorders. Most treatment methods for mental health disorders are either categorized as somatic or psychotherapeutic (Merck, 2004). Somatic treatments include drug therapy and electroconvulsive therapy. Psychotherapeutic treatments include individual, group, or family and marital psychotherapy; behavior therapy techniques; and hypnotherapy. There are many others, as well."
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Freud's Psychoanalysis Theory, 2005.
A historical exploration of how personal and societal factors contributed to the development of the psychoanalysis theory.
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This paper discusses Freud's psychoanalysis and how mental illness was not accepted by individuals before the 1950s. According to this paper, often people thought that people with mental illness were crazy or bad and should be separated from society. Freud introduced psychoanalysis. When his father died Freud began to think about his father and early childhood experiences when he made the connection with his childhood and Oedipus complex. This paper further discusses how personal experiences and societal factors make a difference in who easily adapts from traumas and who develop mental health disorders.
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"Why should people study the history of Freud and his psychoanalysis theory? What personal and societal factors made a difference in Freud's psychoanalysis theory? How does Freud's "talking cure" affect psychology today? These are important questions when considering the history of psychoanalysis and how psychoanalysis can be used in the field of psychology and other fields. Psychoanalysis dates back in history to the days of Freud and how his own personal experience with the Oedipus complex. Psychoanalysis was a new idea that many rejected in the beginning. Today, many people connect psychoanalysis with the talking cure similar in nature to psychotherapy today. Personal and societal factors affected psychoanalysis from the beginning and these continue to affect psychology today."
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Psychoanalysis, 2002.
An explanantion of psychoanalysis including its strengths and weaknesses.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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A paper on the theory of psychoanalysis. The study includes a comment on the greatest weakness and strength of this type of psychology.
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Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis, 2004.
A biography of the life of Sigmund Freud and his development of the theory of psychoanalysis.
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This paper outlines Sigmund Freud's life and looks at how psychoanalysis can be considered a product of both Sigmund Freud's personal experiences and observations, as well as the time he was living in. It describes how Freud produced a scientific method for investigating the field of cognitive processes and the unconscious and how he theorized that the behaviours exhibited were a product of unconscious desires.
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"Next, Freud introduced five stages of the all-important sex drive, which occur in order from birth to adolescence: oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital. It is suggested that if not all stages are gone through completely, as an adult one would have traits that indicated a fixation with one of the stages. For example, someone who chain-smokes cigarettes and constantly chews on the end of a pen might have an oral fixation because he or she might not have been weaned properly. Furthermore, Freud suggested that our dreams are usually compromised of unconscious sexual wishes or desires that are not acceptable to consciously wish or desire for. By dreaming, we are able to control and satisfy the desires or wishes while still keeping them in an unconscious state of mind. In Freudian therapy, our dreams would be analyzed for inherent sexual foundations. "
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Edgar Allan Poe and Psychoanalysis, 2002.
This paper explores the connections between Poe and psychoanalysis in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado."
778 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe led a bizarre and tormented life that undoubtedly influenced his writings, which revealed dark aspects of his nature. His writings, specifically "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are examined in this paper as examples of his form of writing. The writer shows how many scholars make connections between Poe and psychoanalysis in these two ways: how his work reveals himself, and how his work says something about the workings of the mind of the murderer. Included are specific examples from the two aforementioned stories that illustrate these points.
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"Edgar Allan Poe was without a doubt a man who lead an unusual life filled with horror. The fact that his writings were often also filled with horror and indeed at the very least, a dark imagination, has lead many scholars and psychoanalysts to ruminate at the connection between Poe?s real life and his fictional writings. For example, it was said that Poe had a fear of being buried alive and so this scenario reared its ugly head many times throughout his literature, and many scholars have attempted to compare Poe to his invented characters (A few). These kinds of connections are what psychoanalysts would be interested in, for psychoanalysis is defined as the theory that abnormal mental functioning and psychopathology originate in cause from unconscious psychological forces (Comer, 15). The ?Tell-Tale Heart? and ?The Cask of Amontillado? are two short stories of Poe?s which illustrate some of the common musings over the connection between Poe and psychoanalysis."
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Psychoanalysis, 2002.
A description of psychoanalysis and cognitive behavior therapy followed by a description of their similarities and differences.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper gives the reader a clear understanding of the roots of psychoanalysis and cognitive behavior therapy. The writer defines the two theories and their main ideas. It then proceeds to compare and contrast the fundamental principles of the two.
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"Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a combination of cognitive therapy and behavior therapy. Behavior therapy is used to change automatic reactions to certain situations. It also teaches relaxation techniques so you are better able to deal with stressful situations and allows for improved decision making techniques. Cognitive therapy trains you in recognizing how certain thinking patterns are causing your symptoms. Once these thinking patterns are recognized, you are able to break the connection between these patterns and the distorted picture of reality that they present (Weber, 1991)."
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