Description
Conduct psychoanalysis on patients, focusing on unconscious forces that can have a negative effect on their psychological well-being.
Alternative labels
conduct psychoanalysis
practice psychoanalysis
exercise psychoanalysis
apply psychoanalysis on clients
apply psychoanalysis on patients
conduct psychoanalysis on patients
implement psychoanalysis
conduct psychoanalysis on clients
administer psychoanalysis
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
sector-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Apply psychoanalysis is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Optional skill
Apply psychoanalysis is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Psychotherapist: Psychotherapists assist and treat healthcare users with varying degrees of psychological, psychosocial, or psychosomatic behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions by means of psychotherapeutic methods. They promote personal development and well-being and provide advice on improving relationships, capabilities, and problem-solving techniques. They use science-based psychotherapeutic methods such as behavioural therapy, existential analysis and logotherapy, psychoanalysis or systemic family therapy in order to guide the patients in their development and help them search for appropriate solutions to their problems. Psychotherapists are not required to have academic degrees in psychology or a medical qualification in psychiatry. It is an independent occupation from psychology, psychiatry, and counselling.
Clinical psychologist: Clinical psychologists diagnose, rehabilitate, and support individuals affected by mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders and problems as well as mental changes and pathogenic conditions through use of cognitive tools and appropriate intervention. They use clinical psychological resources on the basis of psychological science, its findings, theories, methods, and techniques for the investigation, interpretation, and prediction of human experience and behaviour.
Art therapist: Art therapists help patients overcome psychological and emotional difficulties through an artistic process which reflects emotions and feelings, focusing on patients who suffer a variety of problems such as mental, psychological, and behavioural disorders in order to facilitate self-understanding and awareness.
Recreational therapist: Recreational therapists offer treatment to persons who have behavioural disorders or conditions. They use techniques and interventions such as art, music, animals and dance to promote, maintain and restore the development and health of the patient.
References
- Apply psychoanalysis – ESCO