In this article, I will compare and contrast psychoanalytic formulations of addiction and cognitive models of addiction. According to Dennis L. Thombs, “People tend to confuse psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is a more general term describing professional services aimed at helping individuals or groups overcome emotional, behavioral, or relationship problems” (119). According to Thombs and Osborn, “cognitive refers to the hidden mental process that is described by a number of diverse terms, including thinking, self-talk, internal dialogue, expectations, beliefs, schemas and much more” ( 160). I believe these two factors play a major role in the life of an addicted individual. From a psychoanalytic perspective, human behavior is believed to result from the interaction of three major subsystems within the personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. (Thombs and Osborn, 122). Each of them plays a different role, but they interact with each other. The id is the original foundation of personality and deals with instinctive drive. The instinctive drive is the inner source. The id is created at birth and it is also the basic life form from which the ego and superego then begin to differ from each other. Since the id has instinctive drives, the individual's body then begins to crave things. This is where addiction comes in. The ego comes from the id to satisfy the needs of the individual and the superego is like the conscience. He separates evil from good. Patients tend to think that these addictions help them cope with their problems. According to the table on page 131, the treatment involves three stages. The first stage is where the person assumes that they cannot do something with what they call... middle of paper ... this represents a dysfunction of human neurobehavioral adaptation. The product used is the negative influence of the result obtained and the behavior of the model. This is when he is observed by others. According to Thombs and Osborn, “self-efficacy is extremely important in helping people with substance use disorders (183). Psychoanalytic formulations of addiction and cognitive models of addiction are both related because when an addiction forms, the psychotherapist can use the three stages of treatment to see the extent to which the patient is aware of their addiction and since the Cognitive is defined as a mental process, so clinical practice today can perform a processing disorder test. It helps with addiction. Having prepared this article, one must now understand the difference and similarity between psychoanalytic formulations of addiction and cognitive models of addiction..