Today we learned about the unconscious mind and how to explain why the behavior is happening which the person may not be aware of. This part of psychodynamic can lead to what Miguel has been struggling with. At looking at Freud’s beginning of psychodynamic it can be questioned at to whether Miguel had a traumatizing childhood which was put out of his memory as a child to help protect himself. Was there a trigger he is unaware of? After psychodynamic we looked at behavioralism which focuses on his observable behavior, lashing out and irritable. When looking at both psychodynamic and behavioral we can also view the Humanistic viewpoint which focuses on personal growth and freedom.
From this lesson and the example above I can draw the conclusion that Miguel’s Locus of control in regards to internal focus and external focus doesn’t work to praise him for doing work and having a good outcome but rather blaming himself for not succeeding. He continuously get’s mad at himself and thinks very little of his accomplishments.
Breaking down the problems:
Felt very tired in recent weeks and has found it difficult to focus on his studies- Psychodynamic comes into play with the unconscious mind and the best solution for this in my opinion is Talk Therapy.
Has trouble falling asleep at night- I am going to turn to anxiety for this one, with all of the additional stresses in his life it can cause anxiety to fall asleep despite him being tired. This will relate to psychodynamic and the unconscious mind from a childhood event or relationship.
Irritable during the day and picks fights with his roommates- this is most likely caused from the sleep and from the Humanistic psychology where the words being said and the experience of the words being said are two different things based off of interpretation. There could be a disconnect of communication.
He is a bit of a perfectionist and gets mad at himself when he makes even tiny mistakes. It’s gotten to the point where he doubts his ability to do anything right: This part focuses on the Locus of control which is found that more people with depression look to blame themselves more.
Loretta Gabrielle 
You did a good job with connecting Miguel’s issues with possible childhood trauma for the psychodynamic perspective, and focusing on Miguel’s phenomenological experience with the humanistic perspective. You bring up anxiety and depression, which are both potential causes of what Miguel is dealing with, but you haven’t connected those with a specific theoretical lens. For full credit, you would have also needed to include an explanation from the behavioral, cognitive, biological, and cultural lenses.
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