This video explores and clarifies the question - What is psychoanalysis? Psychoanalysis is a form of talk therapy that pays special attention to the unconscious aspects in our life, to get at the deeper roots of the problems which are the ones that create ongoing depression, anxiety, aggression, low self-esteem and many other forms of emotional disturbance. The psychoanalyst takes a non-judgmental and non-authoritarian approach to the patient, and offers patients confidentiality and invites them to speak freely. In this way the bottled up or repressed feelings can be put into words - to bring what has been unconscious to consciousness. The role of the couch, dreams and fantasies in this process are discussed, as is the evolution of psychoanalysis beyond the work of its founding father, Sigmund Freud. It illustrates that psychoanalysis is a continuously evolving field incorporating the current psychological and social concepts.
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