Sigmund Freud
Positive Psychology

Meaning of the Self and Psyche Through Eastern and Western Eyes 

Let’s begin with an unusual question: If you were not your name, your culture, your job,  your social media account or maybe even your thoughts; who would you actually be? Feeling a bit uneasy? That’s the point. Every day we wake up and slide into our identity like a coat. ‘I am Me’, we say. But who

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History

Comparing Freud, Jung and Adler’s Views on the Unconscious 

At the turn of the 20th century, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Alfred Adler were brought together by a shared passion: uncovering what lies beneath the surface of conscious experience. They began as colleagues, but their paths diverged as each developed a distinct theory of the unconscious.  Their theories grew out of clinical observations, personal

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Cognitive

Erich Fromm’s Insights on Personality, Society, and the Modern World

Erich Fromm, a German Social Psychologist and Psychoanalyst was the only child born to Jewish parents Naphtali Fromm and Rosa Krause, on March 23, 1900, in Frankfurt. Fromm described his childhood life as taut and he also described his parents as neurotic. His mother was prone to depression and his father, who was a businessman

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Clinical Health Psychology

Understanding Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy aims to address unconscious thoughts, desires and impulses by bringing them up to the conscious mind of the individual to cope with the underlying issues and maladaptive behaviours as a result of unconscious thoughts. This approach lays its foundation in psychoanalytical theory given by Sigmund Freud. Although, it has evolved in its nature

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Learning

6 Reasons You Should Study Psychology

Ever wonder why some people behave abnormally and others don’t? Why do some people think negatively and others don’t? Or what a criminal might be thinking before and after committing a crime? Psychology, the scientific study of human behaviour, provides invaluable insights through which we can decode the mysteries of human behaviour. In this fast-paced

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Children Development

Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, proposed the concept of psychosexual stages of development in 1905. These stages are called psychosexual stages because each of them represents the fixation of libido through different activities and areas of the body.  During each stage body contains a certain erogenous zone which is the source of libidinal energy.

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