ABSTRACT
Psychoanalysis is a clinical methodology that encompasses a wide range of theories. At its most simple there are two theories. The first states that aggression arises when a human being's basic needs are frustrated. This theory is based upon the homeostatic theory of motivation. The other theory states that aggression is a basic instinct in man. Those who hold the latter theory say that man is a savage creature by nature, but those who follow the former state that man is essentially benign and only becomes savage when frustrated of his basic biological needs. In a psychoanalytic treatment the analyst represents a part of the patient's mind, termed as the embryo mind. In the outbursts aggression, which is a natural endowment of human beings, is used destructively rather than constructively. These violent outbursts of murderous rage neither occur because a biological need has become frustrated nor because aggression is innate in man.
