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Id, Ego, & Superego

September 28, 2009 by - No Comment

Id, Ego, & Superego

Excerpt from old educational film about Freud.

Psychoanalytic Theory: Defense Mechanisms

This video is a demonstration of defense mechanisms and related broad concepts as defined by Freud. Further, the clip illustrates what a healthy therapeutic relationship may look like using a psychoanalytic framework.

“Psychotherapy with Psychotic Patients” – Part 1

Neville Symington introduces his talk “Psychotherapy with Psychotic Patients” in Sydney. Symington explains that communication with the patient has a healing function and explains the role of psychoanalysis in counselling. From the Australian Psychoanalytical Society – www.psychoanalysis.asn.au.

Leadership and Rapport Building

Daniel Goleman, author of Social Intelligence, reveals the three ingredients of rapport and how top leaders apply rapport in their professional lives.

Daniel Goleman: Why arent we all Good Samaritans?

Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.

An Evening with Daniel Goleman (lecture)

The bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and shows how new market forces can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet. Golemans latest book is Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We [...]

Transactional Analysis and Ego States

Eric Berne, the founder of Transactional Analysis developed the PAC model, the three ego states, Parent, Adult and Child. These are a mixture of behaviours, thoughts and feelings. The Parent ego state, or exteropsyche – is a state in which people think and behave like their own parental figures did in their childhood. When in [...]

The Power of Human Intellect

A 30 year old adult’s brain is said to weigh on an average about 50 oz. As he grows older, approaching 60, the weight is reported to fall off. On the other hand there are animals with much bigger brains. Those of elephants go up to 264 oz, of blue whales up to 240 oz [...]

Effective Ways to Get Rid of Your Stress and Gain Emotional Comfort

Stress, sadness, fear and guilt are day by day ingredients in our life. There is very little chance to get rid of these unpleasant situations, but we can learn how to control them effectively. Here are some suggestions on what you can do to reduce stress and gain emotional comfort: Sports – increases the production [...]

What is Depression?

August 19, 2009 by - No Comment

What is Depression?

People sometimes have a hard time understanding the difference between depression and normal sadness. Dr. Eredlyi discusses the different kinds of depression, and how to recognize them.