childhood experiences

• where does psychological development take place?

  series of key developmental stage during early childhood called psychosexual stages
• what plays an important role in the development of adult personality?

  how a child experiences these stages
• how may traumatic memories suppressed in the unconscious mind surface?

  in dreams as a means of working through traumatic past experiences
• what is the client encouraged to do during dream analysis?

  see how dream can help understand present-day behaviour

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  how behaviour may be related to incidents & experiences in childhood (especially those involving conflict/pain)