Posts Tagged: Freud

Psychology Update — Secrets of Psychotherapy: What is Happiness?

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TITLE Secrets of Psychotherapy: What is Happiness?  DESCRIPTION The article “What is Happiness” takes us on an excursion through both Philosophy and the historical roots of Psychotherapy.  The articles starts with  the common traditional perspective on happiness and includes a bit about Freud’s view:  “Traditionally, happiness is defined as a prolonged and pervasive state of satisfaction,… Read more »

Psychology Update — Still Talking After All These Years

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TITLE Still Talking After All These Years   DESCRIPTION Freud and Psychoanalytic theory are not dead.  The American Psychoanalytic Association met recently as a major convention to further discuss the role of Psychoanalysis in our culture.  Once the only treatment for psychological problems, psychoanalysis has faded further into the background as it has been replaced… Read more »