Therapy Toronto Psychotherapy Definitions

Id

Freud used the word ‘id’ , the Latin form of ‘it’ to refer to the impulses, desires and emotions that the conscious mind is not aware of but which largely influence us.

Identity Issues

As human beings we are made up of various aspects of identity which include things like race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, gender identity, abilities and age.

Imago Therapy

Imago Therapy is based on the work of Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, authors of 'Getting the Love you Want'.

It has been described as a gentle, respectful and highly effective method for helping couples to communicate safely and successfully.

Inauthenticity

Inauthenticity is the opposite side of authenticity, and it is authentic to be inauthentic at times because of the pressure of our own facticity and of The "They”.

Individual

This word is often taken to mean a person who is not like anyone else, but in fact it means a great deal more than not being identical to the crowd.

Inner Child

Inspired by Transactional Analysis as first developed by Eric Berne, build upon in the recovery movement in the 1980s by John Bradshaw and others and further developed by Sol and Sidra Stone, Dr. Margaret Paul, John Rowan, etc., the "Inner Child / Inner Adult / Subpersonalities' approach deals with the many voices within our Self.

Inter-subjectivity

This hybrid approach attempts to bridge the gap between the intrapsychic and interpersonal schools of thought.

Interpersonal psychotherapy

Inter-personal theory largely concentrates on the things people do and say, and left unsaid and undone, between each other.

Interpretation

Interpretation is what the therapist does by offering a alternative and developmentally creative version of material offered by the client. Good interpretation spurs positive growth.

Intimacy Issues

Intimacy can be best described as the absence of fences or walls between one another; the paradox of freedom within commitment.

Intrapsychic

This term refers to the things that occur within our own psyches. When applied to relationships, the intrapsychic concept is that what happens within our own minds influences how we relate to another actual person.

Introversion

In Jung's schema, the introvert is the person who derives psychic energy from ideas and values within, the opposite of the extrovert.