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's psychoanalytic theory, urges and thoughts that are too painful or unacceptable for the conscious mind to handle are repressed into the unconscious mind. This is where Freud believed such anxiety-provoking sexual urges would reside, influencing behavior and emotions without the individual's conscious awareness.

A Psychodynamic Therapist Is Working with Jeff, Who Is Depressed