Learning Objectives
By the end of Chapter 7, you should be able to describe:
- Basic principles associated with the classic theories;
- How behavior manifests itself in terms of the id, ego, and superego in terms of endopsychic conflicts;
- The conscious-unconscious continuum;
- The psychosexual stages of development and their role in personality development;
- Defense mechanisms and give examples of defense mechanisms;
- The role of transference and countertransference in psychotherapy;
- Emerging trends in Freud’s theory such as brief models, interpersonal psychotherapy, and ego-analytic theory;
- The role of social interest in mental health;
- Behavior in terms of teleological movement;
- The role of birth order and family constellation dynamics in personality development;
- How acting “as if” and catching oneself can be used in counseling;
- The life style analysis and how it can be used in counseling;
- Archetypes (e.g., shadow) and the collective unconsciousness; and
- How Jung conceptualized the overall aim of Analytic Psychotherapy.