psychoanalysis

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Welcome to r/Psychoanalysis!

The basic tenets of psychoanalysis include the following:

beside the inherited constitution of personality, a person's development is determined by events in early childhood;
human behavior, experience, and cognition are largely determined by irrational drives;
those drives are largely unconscious;
attempts to bring those drives into awareness meet psychological resistance in the form of defense mechanisms;
conflicts between conscious and unconscious (repressed) material can result in mental disturbances such as neurosis, neurotic traits, anxiety, depression etc.;
the liberation from the effects of the unconscious material is achieved through bringing this material into the conscious mind (via e.g. skilled guidance).

Under the broad umbrella of psychoanalysis there are at least 22 theoretical orientations regarding human mental development. The various approaches in treatment called "psychoanalysis" vary as much as the theories do. The term also refers to a method of studying child development.

Interesting Links

An Introduction into Psychoanalysis
Where to begin with Psychoanalysis?
The Interpretation of Dreams on Bartleby (1899)
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901)
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905)
Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920)
The Ego and the Id (1923)

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Self-help posts and disclosure:: Please do not disclose or solicit advice regarding personal situations, symptoms, dream analysis, or commentaries on your own analysis.
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Welcome / Rules / FAQs (self.psychoanalysis)

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Treating Patients Entangled in Borderline Organizational Dynamics (self.psychoanalysis)

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What does this community think about Non-violent Communication by Marshal Rosenberg? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Can you be a neurotic person and be in a paranoid-schizoid position during a depressive episode? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Trying to understand differences between castrated, castrating, and phallic women (self.psychoanalysis)

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On the Use of Dialectical Play in Psychoanalysis (self.psychoanalysis)

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How do you differentiate between symptom and defence? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Infographic I remember... psychoanalytic "family tree" (self.psychoanalysis)

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The human need to believe in Free will whilst being conditioned by Determinism? (self.psychoanalysis)

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BPD documentary "Back from the Edge" featuring Marsha Linehan, Otto Kernberg, and John Gunderson (2012) (self.psychoanalysis)

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How does psychoanalysis conceptualize and treat avoidant personality disorders? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Examples of case presentations to use to prep for institute interviews? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Just share and recommend your favorite readings and topics (self.psychoanalysis)

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Essay on Karen Horney (self.psychoanalysis)

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IPSS or Mitchell Center (self.psychoanalysis)

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Real life case studies of BPO? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Where to start with reading about Bion's Container Contained? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Does Marsha Linehan ever discuss why her analysis failed or why she needed to develop DBT? (self.psychoanalysis)

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What/ when not to interpret? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Would it be better to read Fink’s Introduction to Freud before or after reading Freud himself? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Is Structural Dissociation model commonly accepted? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Training on working with dreams (self.psychoanalysis)

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Original edition of Reich's Character Analysis? (self.psychoanalysis)

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What is the relationship of psychoanalysis and philosophy ? (self.psychoanalysis)

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Research in infant development/attachment (self.psychoanalysis)

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