Psychodynamic Psychodynamic Case Study

Week Eight: Psychodynamic psychotherapy in the 21st century: Antique or shabby relic? Psychoanalysis has been around for over a hundred years old, and it still being use in today society when helping clients with their issues. Meyer, Moore and Viljoan (1989) gave us a detailed introduction to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory. Even though some parts of the theory are no longer accepted by psychologists anymore, it is still important for us to have a deep understanding of it. This is because most of the terminology in psychology is based on Freudian concepts and many other theories are either based on or against Freud’s theory. Shedler and Jonathan (2010) discussed on the different aspect of the psychodynamic technique and how it helps the clients to understand the phases that they are going through. The effectiveness of the psychodynamic theory was …show more content…
The field of forensic psychology have seen many advancement and expansion since 1987. In order for forensic psychology to continue its development, carefully planning has to be taken into consideration to discuss on the ethical issues of forensic psychology, standardization of the training of forensic psychologist, and educate the public about the nature of forensic psychology.
Day and Howell (2002) reviewed on the effectiveness of psychological treatment for prisoners by measuring by the recidivism rate. Evidences have shown that by carefully selecting the most appropriate psychological treatment based on individual prisoner specific needs, the level of recidivism will decrease and thus proving the effectiveness.
In the case study of Metesky, it showed how psychological profiling has been useful in helping the police to identify the suspect. Even though it debated that it was also possible for an untrained to perform same level of profiling, a psychologist is able to link the profiling back to concrete research instead of just plain