Chapter 2 Psychoanalysis: Video

The name of the video I choose is Conceptualizing Clients. In this video there were aspects that both coordinated with psychoanalysis theory and opposed it. First as opposition was the positioning of the therapist and client as well as some of the method used by the therapist. According to Freud's psychoanalysis the therapist should sit behind the clients field of vision while the client lies on the coach. The therapist will also limit responses to those that encourage or prompt the client to provide greater detail on their communication during free association. In the video the therapist appeared to be giving multiple suggestions to the client rather than taking on a more passive listening role.
Something that coordinated with Psychoanalysis involves the clients description of her current relationship status and the relationship she had with her parents. The repetitive nature of her romantic relationships combined with the information given about her past suggests she may have a 'fixation' as Freud called it, in one of the phases of her libido development. This means that her parental relationship may have in some way hindered her development as a child which is now manifesting in her romantic relationships as an adult.