Psychodynamic psychotherapy

would be a combination of psychodynamic therapy and client-centered therapy, though erring more on the side of the former rather than the latter. A psychodynamic approach focuses heavily on uncovering the motivations behind each action and thus implementing changes to the problematic actions, thoughts, or…

Psychotherapy is equipped with a wide variety of therapies, techniques, and orientations based on different models and theories of personality and psychopathology. Client Centered orientation, was developed by Carl Rogers, with a main focus revolving around the clients. Roger believed it is the clients who knew the best way of dealing with their own problems, and by listening to the words of the clients during a session, reflecting on their words and being empathetic, the therapist can help in…

Rogers in the 1950’s. He believed that therapy could be simpler, warmer and more optimistic than that carried out by behavioral or psychodynamic psychologists (McLeod, 2008). Rogers believed in his work, he based his findings of positive reinforcement of psychologist being genuinely warm and caring to their patients. Rogerian approach to counseling and psychotherapy is best stated by Rogers (1986) himself: 'It is that the individual has within himself or herself vast resources for…

and objective parts of a person, allowing the observer to really empathise with what the person is going through and have a deeper understanding of their behaviour whilst other approaches are purely objective. Carl Rogers’ (1902-1987), form of psychotherapy opened to Psychologists and his contribution to the development of therapy, provided by non-medically qualified therapists, was one of the most important influences in the humanistic approach. Rogers campaign has been the evolution of a…

The joys of a new baby are numerous for couples, it’s an addition to your family, a new person to love; but a new child also means new responsibilities, a new found source of stress and in some cases depression for the new moms. The particular type of depression I’m referring to is known as postpartum depression. When moms give birth to their babies, their body limits the release of certain hormones, and can cause the new moms to feel sluggish, tired and even depressed. The depression is common…

They are three main types of psychotherapy one of them would be humanistic therapies, this we can find a variety of approaches rooted in the humanistic perspective on personality. Therapies within this orientation share an emphasis on insight, self-actualization, and the belief that human nature is basically positive. Humanistic therapists reject the interpretive technique of psychoanalysis. Instead, they strive to understand clients' inner worlds through empathy and focus on clients' thoughts…

abnormality. Those six are the biological, behavioral, psychodynamic, cognitive, humanistic-existential, and sociocultural models of abnormality. Each model takes a look at different approaches one can have to be considered abnormal. For example, the biological model of abnormality states that, “a full understanding of thoughts, emotions and behavior must therefore include and understanding of their biological basis” (Comer, 49). Freud, a famous psychodynamic theorist stated that dreams are the…

Transference Focused Therapy Another form of treatment that is commonly used for borderline personality disorder is transference focused psychotherapy. TFP is a modified psychodynamic psychotherapy (a form of depth psychology of which the primary focus is to reveal the client’s unconscious, deep-rooted feelings in order to make it possible to resolve them). TFP combines methods of standard psychoanalytic technique (such as attention to unconscious processes, focusing on transference, and…

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…

technical eclecticism is that the therapist is not wholly committed to one theoretical orientation, but believes in certain concepts of more than one orientation. An example of this would be Wachtel’s approach, cyclical psychodynamics, which is based off of both behavioral and psychodynamic views. He acknowledges that fact that childhood relationships most definitely impact adult behaviors and views, while also stating that the best method of treatment for such psychological issues is therapy…