<P> Freud used the term psychodynamics to describe the processes of the mind as flows of psychological energy ( libido ) in an organically complex brain . The idea for this came from his first year adviser , Ernst von Brücke at the University of Vienna , who held the view that all living organisms , including humans , are basically energy - systems to which the principle of the conservation of energy applies . This principle states that `` the total amount of energy in any given physical system is always constant , that energy quanta can be changed but not annihilated , and that consequently when energy is moved from one part of the system , it must reappear in another part . '' This principle is at the very root of Freud 's ideas , whereby libido , which is primarily seen as sexual energy , is transformed into other behaviours . However , it is now clear that the term energy in physics means something quite different from the term energy in relation to mental functioning . </P>
<P> Freud used the term psychodynamics to describe the processes of the mind as flows of psychological energy ( libido ) in an organically complex brain . The idea for this came from his first year adviser , Ernst von Brücke at the University of Vienna , who held the view that all living organisms , including humans , are basically energy - systems to which the principle of the conservation of energy applies . This principle states that `` the total amount of energy in any given physical system is always constant , that energy quanta can be changed but not annihilated , and that consequently when energy is moved from one part of the system , it must reappear in another part . '' This principle is at the very root of Freud 's ideas , whereby libido , which is primarily seen as sexual energy , is transformed into other behaviours . However , it is now clear that the term energy in physics means something quite different from the term energy in relation to mental functioning . </P>
i founded psychoanalysis and the theory of psychodynamic thinking
i founded psychoanalysis and the theory of psychodynamic thinking
Ernst von Brücke
Ernst von Brücke