Unit 1 IP Types of Power

According to Murphy, for one to deserve to be seen as an educational leader, monumental traits and behavior have to be shown (2002). To start with is the amazing social traits that were shown by Freud. Sigmund understood the power of synergy rather than self-power. He believed that teamwork was very productive and he was able to unite major professionals to work together to look more deeply into psychoanalysis. His social traits are majorly portrayed by his running of the international psychoanalytic association (IPA) and the Wednesday psychological society. He was the president in charge of the two psychological movements with many professionals that looked up to him. The major achievements of these two movements portray how well Freud was able to unite people to work together towards a common goal. 

Freud’s knowledgeable character is another thing that makes him a true educational leader. Freud invested most of his time in books and research which led to him being a very knowledgeable person. It is also evident that Freud was well informed by the important lectures that he was able to give out. At first, he was an affiliated professor at the University of Vienna where he taught on his psychoanalytic therapy approach psychopathology treatment (Holt, 1989). Freud later delivered five lectures on psychoanalysis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was later awarded an honorary degree that marked a major public recognition and media interest in his work. Freud also had a major passion for philosophy as he saw it as a pursuit of wisdom. In his writings, Freud majorly used William Shakespeare’s and Charles Darwin’s earlier work as a motivation for what he was doing. He was truly passionate and was thirsty for knowledge. His monumental knowledge is something very important for educational leadership

Sigmund’s character of commitment and passion is just epic. According to Holt, Freud lived his whole life committed to exploring the treatment of psychological dysfunctions through talk therapy (1989). Sigmund has many known writings such as the interpretation of dreams and the question of lay analysis. Later in 1933 after the Nazi party took control of Germany then destroyed and burned down Freud’s books. Despite all this, Freud was determined to continue living and working in Germany despite the risk he was exposed to and continued underrating the growth of the Nazis. He although had to flee away later on after the arrest of his sister-in-law and did so through the help of Ernst Jones, who was the then president of IPA. Freud continued to pursue deeply into psychology even after he flee to Britain. This man Freud dedicated his whole life to helping out in psychopathology treatment which is a great trait of commitment and passion.

Freud had many outcomes in the psychological field after he carried out much research. Freud was able to apply the talk therapy and the interpretation of dreams and integrated these two into which he called psychoanalysis. In talk therapy, Freud would encourage patients to talk freely and openly without censorship and inhibition in what he saw a free association. On the interpretation of dreams, he analyzed dreams to unleash the complex structure and unconscious state of mind which he saw as repression that he concluded to be underlay symptom formation (Freud & Strachey, 1964). Sigmund achieved major outcomes in helping with psychological views on childhood, dreams, personality, and sexuality. 

Freud was a powerful man considering the powerful friends he had and his influence on other scientists. Freud used his influence and power to bring professionals together to dive more into research based on psychoanalysis. When he was first a lecturer at the University of Vienna, Freud founded the Wednesday psychological society, which was a group of Viennese physicians who were interested in Freud’s work. This group used to meet up at his home every Wednesday evening as they deepened their research on psychology and neuropathology. Wilhelm Stekel, a man who had earlier studied medicine at the University of Vienna was converted to venture into psychoanalysis after Freud treated his sexual problems (Holt, 1989). The Wednesday group later grew into a bigger society known as the Vienna psychoanalytic society. Freud later founded the international psychoanalytic association (IPA) which composed of psychiatrists and physicians from various parts of the world. Freud also used his power to spread the psychoanalytic approach of treatment all across the world. Freud turned to his friends, brill, and jones to spread his psychoanalytic findings in the English-speaking world (Freud & Strachey, 1964). Through Jones's advocacy, Freud was able to make his first lecture in the united states. Freud gave out five lectures on psychoanalysis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was awarded an honorary degree. Sigmund majorly used his power and influence to venture into better research and better establish psychopathology treatment.

Sigmund Freud’s impact on psychological, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. He was able to solve the issue of mental illness that was seen to be a complex issue at that time. The talk therapy by Sigmund Freud was a breakthrough in solving mental related disorders. Psychoanalysis by Freud was later used by other psychologists to come up with the psychodynamic approach of treatment. Clinical psychology which is a major branch of psychology is said to have been first seen in by Sigmund Freud through the talk therapies he used for treatment (Dreher, 2018). This man Sigmund Freud came up with a career that many people venture into today. After any diagnosis with psychological dysfunctions, the talk therapy will always be used mostly by the psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. Sigmund also tried to explain the personality of a person using the ego and id. This concept is used up to date in measuring personality (Dreher, 2018). Despite major criticism of Freud’s work, it cannot be denied the major influence he had on psychology. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, is a true educational leader for his influence on students, professors, and education in general around the psychological field.

Reference

Dreher, A. U. (2018). Foundations for conceptual research in psychoanalysis. Routledge.

Freud, S., & Strachey, J. E. (1964). The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud.

Holt, R. R. (1989). Freud reappraised: A fresh look at psychoanalytic theory. Guilford Press.

Murphy, J. (2002). Reculturing the profession of educational leadership: New blueprints. Educational Administration Quarterly, 38(2), 176-191.