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Psychological Health and

Treatment

  • Commitment issues
  • No established father/son relationship
  • Lack of attachment to father
  • Psychotherapy sessions to uncover repressed feelings and conflicts
  • Humanistic client-centered therapy sessions to make him feel valued and just as important as everyone else
  • Behavioral system desensitization sessions to help him get over his fear/hatred for commitment and help him understand that everyone settles down eventually

Barney Stinson

Psychoanalytic continued

  • Could use the idea that Barney never really had a father figure as the root for his repressed childhood memories and his acts later in life
  • No one to teach him how to do certain things and to know his limits
  • His mom lied to him about most of the things he knew

"How I Met Your Mother"

Psychoanalytical Approach

  • Developed a strong id after his girlfriend left him for another man- acted on impulses
  • Always developed the craziest plans without thinking of whether or not he might hurt himself or others
  • Made use of Freud's defense mechanisms specifically, repression, throughout the show to conceal his true feelings for Robin

The Playbook

  • Barney created this playbook as well as the Bro Code to help outline proper etiquette for males or more specifically his "bros"

Psychological Characteristics

  • Impulsive: Had a strong id meaning he was always one to base his actions off his impulses in the moment
  • Repressive: Used this defense mechanism to conceal his true feelings about love
  • Low self-esteem: Slept with all the women that he did in order to feel higher about himself
  • Loyal: Always made sure to do the most for his friends and was always there for them in contrast to his dad not being there for him

Psychological Characteristics Continued

Narcissistic: He always praised himself as a result of his low-self esteem and his lack of belongingness

Overconfident: Another method he used to better his self-esteem and make himself feel like he belongs and is relevant

Loving: Another thing that his dad never was to him; he wants to be there for his friends like they are for him

Background info on Barney

  • Was raised by his single mother Loretta and never knew his dad (believed it was Bob Barker)
  • He hated how men treated women like objects
  • Changed the way he dressed, acted, and became a womanizer from his previous hippie status
  • Had 4 best friends, Lily, Ted, Marshall, and Robin
  • Was the ultimate wingman
  • Loves laser tag and wearing expensive suits (even pajamas)

Behavioral Approach

  • Took after the man who stole his girlfriend, Greg, who told him that the key to getting women was having money and suits
  • Changed his whole outlook on life, his attitude, his style, after watching how easy it was for Greg to take his girlfriend from him
  • Slept with all the women that he did not only to raise his self-esteem but to also make up for losing his girlfriend, Shannon, to another man

Humanistic Approach

  • Didn't have a very accepting environment that allowed himself to be heard and understood for who he is- Rogers
  • Has difficulty reaching self-actualization because he hasn't figured out whether others have accepted him yet
  • Had the choice of free will to change at any point of his life
  • Didn't decide to do so until he met Robin
  • Stuck in between Maslow's "Belongingness and Love Needs" and "Esteem Needs" phases
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