Psychoanalytic Therapy Key Terms

Psychoanalytic Therapy Key Terms Anal Stage - ANSWER-The second stage of psychosexual development, when pleasure is derived from retaining and expelling feces. Analytical psychology - ANSWER-An elaborate explanation of human nature that combines ideas from history, mythology, anthropology, and religion. Animus (anima) - ANSWER-The biological and psychological aspects of masculinity and femininity, which are thought to co-exsist in both of the sexes. Anxiety - ANSWER-A feeling of impending doom that results from repressed feelings, memories, desires, and experiences emerging to the surface of awareness. From a psychoanalytical perspective, and there are three kinds anxiety: reality, neurotic, and moral anxiety. Archetypes - ANSWER-The images of universal experiences contained in the collective subconscious. Blank screen - ANSWER-An anonymous stance assumed by classical psychoanalysts aimed at fostering transference. Borderline Personality Disorder - ANSWER-A disorder characterized by instability, irritability, self-destructive acts, impulsivity, and extreme mood shifts. Such people lack a sense of their own identity and do not have a deep understanding of others. Brief Psychodynamic Therapy (BPT) - ANSWER-An adaptaion of the principles of psychoanalytic theory and therapy aimed at treating selective disorders within a preestablished time limit. Classical psychoanalysis - ANSWER-The traditional (Freudian) approach to psychoanalysis based on a long-term exploration of past conflicts, many of which are unconscious, and an extensive process of working through early wounds.