Psychodynamics

Psychodynamic Case Scenario Question 1 In a clinical situation as the one described in the case study, transference refers to a situation where the client tries to form relationships with the therapist where they unconsciously expect them to behave like important people they have had in their lives in the past. In the interview between Mallory and Dr. Santos, there is a great extent that the behavior exemplified by Mallory is an indication of transference. She exemplifies transference by…

Key Concepts 1. Inner Theatre The concept of the “inner theatre” is essential in the psychodynamic approach. It considers the space of life as the stage where a lot of people get various experiences, giving good or bad influences to each other. People’s reactions towards others come from their learning that they experience with a person who take care of them in childhood. This paradigm is close to the fourth premises of the clinical paradigm (Northouse, 2015, p. 301-302). Relationship between…

The Psychodynamic Theory has shown that followers and leaders are drawn to their roles and achieve success in those roles by virtue of personality type (Myers & Myers, 1980). Under these conditions, communities are susceptible to a morally corrupt leader. Post…

The main concepts of the psychodynamic perspective is the idea of the unconscious and the level in which the unconscious influences our behaviour. It takes a very deterministic approach in that all behaviour is predetermined and out of our control. Freud (1915) first introduced the idea of the conscious, and split it into the conscious and unconscious. He compared the concept to an iceberg, the unconscious being a complex; much grander selection of thoughts and feelings. An individual, according…

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the client’s unconscious; the part of the mind, one has little or no access to. The process of psychodynamic therapy is the thought pattern that occurs in the unconscious that one is not aware of. The therapist practicing this technique will consider all known information about the client to create a detailed plan of treatment. The goal of psychodynamic therapy is for the client to gain self-awareness. The therapist…

Psychoanalysis is where you have your client lay down and let them talk freely hoping they release information. According to Freud he thought of the human mind is like an iceberg, it’s mostly hidden in the unconscious. 2Sigmund Freud proposed a psychodynamic theory which personality consists of the Id (responsible for instincts and pleasure seeking), the Superego (which attempts to obey rules of society and parents), and finally the Ego (which mediates between them according to the demands of…

Psychodynamic Theory Crystal Bower Concorde Career College  Abstract The psychodynamic and psychosocial theories are very closely related to what I’ve experienced in my job at a long term health care facility. It is a great way of explaining the stages of human development. The biopsychosocial framework is another way to describe why people develop as they do.  Psychodynamic Theory I chose the psychodynamic theory, but more specifically Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory as the topic for…

insisting that mental illness came down to brain pathology. However, whilst being the grandfather of ‘scientific’ psychology, he also held the belief that dreams were important when finding out about a person’s personality, thus relating to the psychodynamic approach we know today. Psychology started to evolve into its own formal branch, albeit with some assistance from philosophers and scientists. Influential persons include Charles Darwin and Descartes. René Descartes (1596 – 1650) believed…

triggered him to remember the events regarding his parent’s arguments. This might have instilled fear on him, causing anxiety, panic attacks and depression. Biomedical, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approach can be used alongside, as treatment methods to help Joseph with his disorder. Psychodynamic approach assumes that the root of abnormality is due to unresolved childhood-trauma and personality-conflicts that are repressed in the unconscious mind (Gross, 2008). Therefore,…

paper will be the discussion of Authentic Leadership and the Psychodynamic Approach. In evaluating my own nursing practice, I chose authentic leadership because I feel a genuine desire to be transparent when leading and informing a team and was interested in discovering how true to this trait I am. The Psychodynamic approach to leadership was my second choice because understanding human nature and behavior is essential…