Psychoanalytic Theory as a Background for Therapy

Psychoanalytic is a wide conception which shows what changes are happening in human's brain when it is functioning. This theory has several underlying presumptions.

On the one hand, our brain needs some energy that is used to stimulate it for psychological activity such as memorizing, designing and emotional work. Eros and thanatos are the main channels of this energy. Eros is the one which is based on original instincts of a human – instinct to survive and to transmit genes into future generations and thanatos refers to death instinct. Brain activity has a certain amount of energy and it is used in a proper way when there is a concentration on fears.

On the other hand whatever work is happening in our mind is for some definite reason. All the disparities between our mind and our behavior can be easily resolved with concepts of psychoanalytic. People have natural instincts and sometimes they contradict our social values.

The third thing is that the structure of our mind is very complex. It can be described as a principal of building a house with three main parts: unconscious, pre-conscious and the main one which is hidden like a foundation – conscious one. Speaking about the structure of human's brain we can divide it into three basic parts which are Id, Ego and Superego. Id is an unreasonable mind, Ego is a wise part and Superego is an ethic part. The personality of a person is defined with his possibility to find a compromise between these three parts. An influence on a person is the strongest when his mind is not strong yet like in childhood that's why the first stages of forming the mind should be controlled the most. An influence of unconscious part on a wise part of it is displayed in dreams. Unwise energy has an influence on our actions even though it is usually not noticed. Analyzing these facts we can state that energy that is produced in human mind during negative events can be used very effectively to solve conflicts between three parts of our mind.

The last concept is that every human mind has its own mechanisms of defense which are used in critical situations to save psychology from any damage. It is possible to explain unreasonable and unpredictable behaviors of a person in such situations by some inner conflicts.

This psychoanalytic theory of human mind was an innovation in traditional psychology. To use the major principles a person needs to realize that they are not parts of a personality theory. But it was created to provide some help to resolve problems in human mind and to help providing therapy.