But what
does psychodynamic therapy really mean?
Not exact matches
Studies showing that
psychodynamic therapy is effective at relieving symptoms of mood disorders in both the short and long term
do exist, but there are far fewer of them and they tend to be on the small side.
Practitioners of brief
psychodynamic therapy believe that some changes can happen through a more rapid process or that an initial short intervention will start an ongoing process of change that
does not need the constant involvement of the therapist.
I find that people no longer wish to be in
therapy for endless years and, so, I often find myself
doing more guidance and counseling than
psychodynamic work.
(Because I had carefully read the entire document I
did note that there was a nod to «brief
psychodynamic therapy» in the treatment of PTSD already, but there is nothing about group vs individual.)
This book
does not suggest that mindfulness practice can take the place of
psychodynamic therapy.
Because it
does not only focus on immediate symptom relief, but allows people to confront what motivates their symptoms,
psychodynamic therapy helps people gain control of what causes their distress.
It doesn't have to just be Freudian
therapy, and some other forms of
psychodynamic therapy include Jungian
therapy and Adlerian
therapy.
Some of the psychoanalytical practices have survived or been adapted for modern use, but this uneven relationship between therapist and client generally
does not carry over to current
psychodynamic therapy.
Some therapists can focus on childhood (not a cliché, rather a
psychodynamic approach), while other therapists don't want to know about your childhood at all and prefer you to focus on the «here and now» (e.g. metacognitive
therapy); while others look into the future (e.g. solution focused
therapy, motivational interviewing, interpersonal
therapy).
Therapy involves working with this model, either in the form of cognitions (as cognitive therapy does), the stories we create to explain the world (as narrative therapy does), or the internal representations we have of people (as psychodynamic therapy
Therapy involves working with this model, either in the form of cognitions (as cognitive
therapy does), the stories we create to explain the world (as narrative therapy does), or the internal representations we have of people (as psychodynamic therapy
therapy does), the stories we create to explain the world (as narrative
therapy does), or the internal representations we have of people (as psychodynamic therapy
therapy does), or the internal representations we have of people (as
psychodynamic therapytherapy does).
Shedler also noted that existing research
does not adequately capture the benefits that
psychodynamic therapy aims to achieve.
Psychodynamic therapy helps people to recognize and work through the painful feelings that often underlie these patterns of relating to the world so that they can make choices to
do things differently.