Browsing Counselling & Psychotherapy by Subject "Psychoanalysis"
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The body and identity – an explorative study
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Using a desk based research approach to this study; it contains secondary resources taken from library books, and online academic journals. The study aims to illustrate how we come to identify with our body which in turn ... -
The effects of touch in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Should physical contact be used in therapy?
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Touch can be used as a form of communication. Especially in an intense situation such as therapy, touch can have a profound effect on the course of treatment. The significance of touch will differ depending on each individual. ... -
An examination of the use of psychoanalytic approaches in treating dementia therapeutically
(Dublin Business School, 2015)In the psychoanalytic tradition Sigmund Freud’s work centred around the gaps in memory and the repressed unconscious. Resistance on the part of the patient in Psychoanalysis was, he said, a violent and tenacious resistance, ... -
An exploration of how the use of the couch in psychoanalysis may impact the experience of analysis for the patient.
(Dublin Business School, 2019)In his work, Sigmund Freud advocated that all patients should recline on a couch during the process of psychoanalysis. This recommendation had practical considerations but also was significant in its removal of visual ... -
An exploration of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy with homeless people
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Homelessness is a multidimensional reality with political, socio-economic, familial, psychological and health aspects. How homelessness is thought of shapes how it is responded to. The aim of this study is to explore ... -
Motherhood and loss – an explorative study
(Dublin Business School, 2020)This paper will seek to explore how a psychoanalytic understanding of motherhood and loss can inform our response to women experiencing infertility. The first objective is to examine the understanding of motherhood in the ... -
Oedipal guilt, punishment and criminal behaviour
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The successful negotiation of the Oedipus complex is vital for our psychical development as it provides us with the means to form relationships and integrate into society. Resolution of the Oedipus complex requires the ... -
The subject supposed to enjoy; Exploring the neurotic analyst’s role in the transference scenario of the perverse patient
(Dublin Business School, 2019)It is posited that psychoanalysts who possess a neurotic personality structure are particularly prone to excitement from the transference scenario enacted by their perverse structured patients. The analyst’s excitement ... -
Trichotillomania - a psychotherapeutic understanding of the symptoms
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The aim of this thesis is to explore Trichotillomania (TTM), its aetiology and treatment from a psychotherapeutic perspective. A broad overview explaining Trichotillomania is provided, the various symptoms of TTM are ... -
What we do in the silence: an exploration of the challenges and opportunities presented by silences in therapy
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The silence of patients in therapy provides many challenges to the therapist. It is vague, undefinable and is difficult to challenge. It can signify resistance and negative transferences but can also be a space for the ...