Edmund Bergler Pt. 3

Hello, hello, and hello!! How are you doing today? :D This is Vincent LaVel Moorehead: writer, reader, and book blogger extraordinare!!! This is the last post that I am writing concerning the one and only Edmund Bergler. Last time, I posted a whole host of notes! O.O This time, I'll post less notes, but I'll have a mini diagram to accompany this post (at the top). I hope you enjoy this last post on Mr. Bergler. :-D


-“Bergler further developed a unique clinical treatment regimen consisting of not only orthodox treatment methods (transference, resistance, dreams, etc.), but the inclusion of educational materials for clients, so that thay may learn about what they are dealing with, and, in effect, become their own therapist through setting up a 'dialogue' between the conscious
and unconscious components of their mind.” (13)



I: Drives (megalomania, aggression, libido)
II: Superego (Ego Ideal and Daimonion)
III:Conscious Ego
IV: Objective Reality (relationships, social
issues, environmental concerns)
The grey area represents self-realization as
a composite of all 4 areas.
UNCONSCIOUS DYNAMIC: I - II
CONSCIOUS DYNAMIC: III – IV


Group 1: “Inherited drives” such as aggression, megalomania,
Group 2: Unconscious Conscience, the Superego consisting of the Ego Ideal and Daimonion
Group 3: Counteracts groups 1 and 2, acts like a defense attorney
Group 4: demands of reality, adds to individual’s troubles (12)
Super Ego = Group 3
Group 2 = The Judge (12)

Some Examples of Psychic Masochism (from Bergler's View):

-Homosexuality
-Writer’s Block
-Fashion