A psychodynamic therapist is working with Jeff, who is depressed. The therapist assumes that Jeff has specific sexual urges that are so anxiety-provoking and guilt-inducing that under normal circumstances, Jeff would not be able to bring these urges into his ordinary conscious awareness. According to Freud, these urges would be considered as existing in the mind.

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According to Freud, urges that are anxiety-provoking and guilt-inducing, and not accessible to ordinary conscious awareness, exist in the unconscious mind.

A Psychodynamic Therapist Is Working with Jeff, Who Is Depressed