F REUD , J UNG , A DLER AND
P ERL ’ S
The Role of Freud, Jung, Adler and Perl’s in Clinical
Hypnosis
A paper to discuss the psychodynamic approach and the leading authorities in its use

Angela Whitlock

31/01/2007

Table of Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2 Sigmund Freud ................................................................................................................................ 3 ID ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Ego ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Super-­‐ego .................................................................................................................................... 3 Defence Mechanisms .................................................................................................................. 4 Psychosexual Development ......................................................................................................... 5 Latency (5/6 to puberty) ......................................................................................................... 6 Carl Gustav Jung .............................................................................................................................. 7 Consciousness ............................................................................................................................. 7 Personal Unconscious ................................................................................................................. 7 Collective unconscious ................................................................................................................ 7 Archetypes .................................................................................................................................. 8 Stages of Development ............................................................................................................... 9 Alfred Adler ................................................................................................................................... 10 Individual Psychology ................................................................................................................ 10 Fritz Perls ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Hypnotherapy in Practice .............................................................................................................. 13 Ego strengthening ..................................................................................................................... 13 Assertiveness Training ............................................................................................................... 13 Regressions ................................................................................................................................ 14 The inner child concept ............................................................................................................. 14 Dissociation ............................................................................................................................... 15 Dream analysis .......................................................................................................................... 15 Conclusion