Ericson - Freud

Describe the developmental process and problems that might arise in 1 of the first 3 developmental stages (ericson / freud) and how these might affect the counselling relationship Introduction Freud developed a frame work for understanding the process of human development and broke down the various stages of childhood development into The Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency & Adolescence. This essay focuses on the second stage of development The Anal stage. I will describe how various factors within this period …

…their lives going forward. I believe to be a successful counsellor for an Anal or any other type of character then one must also be an accomplished gardener of ones own garden. There is no point trying to help your neighbour remove his weeds if your own garden is full of them - seeds will blow over the fence and take root in your neighbours garden defeating the object and perhaps even making it worse.