Life stories are as unique to an individual as their fingerprints. Holding a distinct blend of events, feelings, experiences and interpersonal relationships (Neukrug, 2011), personal stories of the human experience are always told from the private perspectives of the narrator. Frequently, specific events and experiences from childhood are consciously hidden from others out of fear, embarrassment, shame or guilt and in some cases, accounts of notable events and the emotions associated, are protectively obscured unbeknownst to the narrator themselves. Interplay between the conscious and the unconscious and the effects on the development of individual personalities, character traits, and behaviors (Neukrug, …show more content…
However, neither concept is limited to the Psychodynamic approach (Center for Substance Abuse, 1999). In fact, the complex, intense, mysterious and critical nature of the therapist-client relationship, triggers transference and resistance (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, n.d) which, if a therapist has a thorough understanding of the Psychodynamic approach and uses this association effectively, can “help a person to see his or her part in relationship patterns and empower him or her to transform that dynamic (goodtherapy.org, 2007-2017, para. 3). Moreover, these concepts, among others, are integrated throughout the many domains of contemporary psychology (Kolden, 1996), which have been appropriated to discuss shorter-term or immediate issues such as addiction and personality disorders (Center for Substance Abuse, …show more content…
His theory of psychological reality, or reality principle, containing the id, ego and the superego placed great emphasis on the role of the unconscious in shaping behavior and personality (Neukrug, 2011). Theorizing that instincts, particularly sex drive, are strong motivational forces, led to much criticism of his theory but key concepts such as; free association, dream analysis and transference can be found in contemporary therapeutic models (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,