Tag: Sigmund Freud
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Universal Truths: The Heartbeat of Nature
Advertisements Inspiration The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it. Wayne Dyer A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Universal truths exist. Yet, oftentimes they seem as infinite as…
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Dream a Little Dream of… What’s Your Intent?
Advertisements Inspiration A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. ― John Lennon You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one. ― John Lennon A Father’s Guide to Wisdom A…
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Inspiration: The Simplicity of Greatness
Dr. Tom explores the concept of letting go. Why do we have to complicate the simple nature of life?
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Genesis and Self: A Journey of Hope and Faith (Part 3)
Advertisements Working the Paradox, Consciousness and I I am, or, am I? This question poses a dialectic dilemma. While individuals will ultimately answer this question personally, the journey that underlies the meaning behind this juxtaposition shows that numerous paths are available for consciousness to transcend its paradoxical nature. The verb to be connotes that an…
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Archetypal Themes of Middle Life Development: Siddhartha and The Middle Path
Advertisements An psychoanalysis of Siddhartha’s middle-life development and the plight to achieve personal aspirations As I began the process of recollecting the reveries of middle-life and my associations to it, I realized that I had undergone a shift within my thought process. While I have primarily focused on my past in the reverie sections up…
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Depth Psychology: Monistic & Dualistic Theories of Consciousness (Part 2)
Advertisements In this series of essays, I will explore the tenets of consciousness from Eastern and Western perspectives. It is imperative for a researcher to identify the core concepts that drive his or her work. Because this study focuses on models of consciousness from Eastern and Western viewpoints, it is imperative to offer a definition…
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Depth Psychology: Monistic & Dualistic Theories of Consciousness (Introduction)
Advertisements Introduction The science of consciousness is a subject that has repercussions for various academic disciplines including, but not limited to the physical and medical sciences, mathematics, philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology, history, and theology. The reason consciousness studies transcend nearly every academic discipline is because its definition is linked to every aspect of human awareness. …
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Carl Jung, Psychosocial Development, and Early Adult Life
Advertisements Psychosocial theory, like psychosexual theory, divides childhood into five distinct stages. Erikson’s fourth stage of development occurs during primary school years (6-12 years of age), centers on the psychosocial crisis of industry versus inferiority, and runs parallel to latency. During this stage, the superego further adapts to social expectations. Children during this stage learn…
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Towards a Developmental Theory of Analytical Psychology: Adolescent and Early Adult Psychosexual Development
Dr. Maples explores how analytical psychology was built upon the theoretical constructs of Freud’s theory of psychosexual development.
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Early Childhood: Analytical Psychology & Perspectives and Early Psychosocial Development
Advertisements During his lifetime, Erik Erikson produced a vitally important theory of psychological development. Psychosocial theory expanded on Freud’s concept of psychosexual development, explored the overall development of a person throughout the lifespan, and provided a means in which to understand normal versus arrested development during specific psychological stages. In this essay, I will explore…
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Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha & Psychoanalytic Perspectives of Childhood Development
Advertisements Sigmund Freud (1917/1966) developed a theory about autoerotic zones that affect the development of children until early adult life. While Freud’s stage theory ends with the emergence of young adult life, these stages coalesce into an adult personality that is ready to fulfill the primary life task of reproduction. Freud based the theory of…
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Depth Psychology, and Theoretical Approaches to Childhood Development: Siddhartha, Evolutionary Theory, & Psychological Attachment
Dr. Thomas Maples of The Stockton Therapy Network explores depth psychological theories of childhood development.