Psychoanalysist believe that our psychological states are determined by our present experiences. And for people who are experiencing psychological stress this is due to repressed memories. Repressed memories are a concept that when something traumatic has happened in our past we subconsciously “forget” or repress these memories. In order to treat the psychological stress the psychologist believes they need to determine what these repressed memories are, this is called gaining insight. Once the client and the psychologist have insight into the underlying problem they will be able to improve.
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