In 1963, Erik Erikson became one of the most recognized psychodynamic theorist. He built his practice on the importances of social relationships and human development (Jeffrey S. Nevid). Erikson reformed Sigmund’s stages of development to eight stages. Erikson’s modified these stages as psychosocial development (Jeffrey S. Nevid). Erikson believed that our personalities were based on how we deal with crisis and challenges we encounter during each stage of development. Erikson believed that childhood experience could cause future problems, but he also believed that early experiences could be countered by future experiences making a child more successful in life challenges (Jeffrey S.Nevid).
