The goal of this type of therapy is to bring material from the unconscious mind to the conscious awareness so that one can change (insight); to work through unresolved issues from various psychosexual stages of development.

• A. Behavioral
• B. Psychoanalytic
• C. Humanistic
• D. Cognitive

Answer: (B)

The approach described is psychoanalytic therapy (also called psychodynamic therapy). It centers on bringing material from the unconscious into conscious awareness so the person can gain insight into underlying conflicts and patterns. By exploring repressed wishes, fears, and unresolved issues—often rooted in early experiences and the psychosexual stages—a person can understand how these past dynamics influence current thoughts and behaviors. Techniques like free association, dream interpretation, and examining transference help reveal these hidden material, leading to change through insight and resolution of internal conflicts. Other approaches focus on different mechanisms—behavioral therapy on observable actions, humanistic therapy on self-actualization and present experience, and cognitive therapy on changing thoughts—so they don’t prioritize unconscious material or psychosexual development in the same way.