Probably the most popular and frightening of all patients tend to have the character of psychopathic personality. Most psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists use the term “sociopathic” and “anti-social” as synonyms – unlike some of the early psychoanalysts since Freud who used these terms to refer to the criminal subculture of people who do not represent [...]

Wilhelm Reich was one of the followers of Freud and his theory on psychoanalysis. He was an active psychotherapist who pointed out that: besides the continuous improvement of the therapeutic technique of working with various psychological disorders – whether it is a neurosis, asthenia, depression or fear, the therapist must take care of his spiritual [...]

Knowing the concept of psychological defenses and a variety of defense mechanisms used in human existence, is crucial for understanding the psychoanalytic view of psychology and psychotherapy. The main diagnostic categories used by psychotherapists and psychoanalysts to describe the types of personality are related to stable processes of individual-specific protection or advocacy groups, determining their [...]

Ego defense mechanisms: description -          Cleavage: Compartmentalisation of feelings about self and other, so that integration is not possible. When individual faces contradictions in behavior, thinking or feeling, he treats disagreement with mild denial or indifference. This defense prevents conflict arising from the incompatibility of the two polarized aspects of self and other. -          Project [...]

Dissociative disorders (Latin dissociare «separated from community”) – a group of disorders characterized by changes or disturbances of mental functions – consciousness, memory, feelings of personal identity, awareness of the continuity of their identity. Typically, these functions are integrated in the psyche, but when there is a dissociation, some of them are separated from the stream [...]