Psychotherapy and Sigmund Freud
Anton Sevilla (SALC, Kyushu University)
Student’s Name: ______________________
Oct. 8, 2015
1.
Psychotherapy is different from psychology and psychiatry.
2.
According to Burns and Burns-Lundgren (2015), psychology is the science of mental
processes and behavior.
3.
Psychiatry is a medical discipline, and is therefore observational and practical, rather
than a theory that obeys the scientific method.
4.
Psychotherapy is a form of treatment for emotional and psychological problems, often
focusing on talking and understanding.
5.
But unlike psychology, psychotherapy is not primarily a science; and unlike psychiatry, it
does not focus on diagnosing illnesses.
6.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is the most important historical figure in psychotherapy,
and he is known as the father of psychoanalysis.
7.
Although many subsequent thinkers disagreed with Freud, while making their own
theories, they were all influenced by him in a very large way.
8.
As we see in The Psychology Book (2012), Freud developed his theory of the unconscious
in the process of trying to treat mental illness.
9.
His friend, Joseph Breuer, helped him treat patients through the technique of releasing
repressed memories by talking about them—a “talking cure.”
10. From his experiences with this method, Freud discovered that there is more to our
minds than consciousness—there is also the preconscious and the unconscious.
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True or false: Psychoanalysis was founded by Sigmund Freud’s father.
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True or false: Other theories of psychotherapy generally agree with Freud’s.
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What is the relationship between psychotherapy and science? ______________________
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