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The Life, Work, and Theories of Sigmund Freud

By Kendra Cherry — 2019

Psychology's most famous figure is also one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund Freud's theories and work helped shape our views of childhood, personality, memory, sexuality, and therapy. Other major thinkers have contributed work that grew out of Freud's legacy, while others developed new theories in opposition to his ideas.

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Jungian Therapy: How It Works & What to Expect

Jungian therapy, or Jungian analysis,* is a type of psychodynamic psychotherapy which utilizes the instinctual motivation for psychological development in addition to those of love and power.

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Gary Trosclair
2020
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Soulwork: What Makes Jungian Analysis Different

One of Carl Jung’s great gifts to depth psychology was his recognition that mind and body are one and that our symptoms, psychological and physical, can be viewed as manifestations of some part of us that “wants to be known.”

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Dale M. Kushner, Kenneth James
2020
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Initiation Dreams, Part I: Big Dreams That Change Our Lives

Have you ever had a dream so powerful it changed your life? You are not alone.

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Linda H. Mastrangelo
2016
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Dream Analysis

Most theoretical models use the basic tenets of dream analysis in the same way: A person in therapy relates a dream to the therapist, discussion and processing follows, and new information is gleaned from the dream.

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Good Therapy Team
2020
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Understand Your Dreams by Using Jung's “Active Imagination”

Jung believed we could unlock both the conflicts and cures hidden in our dreams.

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Dale M. Kushner
2016
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Dreamwork 101: Your Wide-Awake Guide to Interpreting Dreams

In ancient times, people saw dreams as vessels of meaning that contained divine messages and had the power to alter history. Alexander the Great was on the verge of breaking ground for his new city when a gray-haired man appeared to him in a dream.

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Rebecca Joy Stanborough
2020
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Here’s How Psychologists Actually Analyze Your Dreams

Psychoanalysts often incorporate dream interpretation into their practice, focusing mainly on the theories of Freud or Jung. Other schools of psychology ― such as cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered therapy and Gestalt therapy ― focus less on dream analysis.

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Stephanie Hallett
2017
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Sigmund Freud's Life and Contributions to Psychology

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who is perhaps most known as the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud's developed a set of therapeutic techniques centered on talk therapy that involved the use of strategies such as transference, free association, and dream interpretation.

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Kendra Cherry
2020
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