«I practice client - centered,
psychodynamic therapy with individuals, couples, and groups to address symptoms of depression, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship dysfunction, and / or addiction.
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Psychodynamic Therapy with Vulnerable and Oppressed Populations: Interview with Joan Berzoff, Ed.D., MSW
In one study comparing a group of patients who underwent long - term
psychodynamic therapy with a group that received no therapy at all, three - quarters of the therapy patients showed a significant improvement in their symptoms, while there was no significant improvement in the control group.
Not exact matches
The effectiveness of behavioral sex
therapy techniques is increased when they are integrated
with psychodynamic insights and therapeutic methods and
with resources from marriage
therapy.
That said, the most common «
therapy» approach used here remains generic talk
therapy with more or less
psychodynamic characteristics.
I use techniques from several different treatment modalities, including
psychodynamic therapy (developing insight), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (identifying and working to live in alignment with your values), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (noticing your thoughts and how they shape your behavior).
therapy (developing insight), Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (identifying and working to live in alignment with your values), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (noticing your thoughts and how they shape your behavior).
Therapy (identifying and working to live in alignment
with your values), and Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (noticing your thoughts and how they shape your behavior).
Therapy (noticing your thoughts and how they shape your behavior).»
Often translated as «Family Constellation,» Familienaufstellung is a form of
therapy developed in the 1990s by the German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger
with roots in existential psychology, Gestalt psychology, and
psychodynamic therapy.
Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely
with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted
with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues
with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital
therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans
with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted
with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various
therapy techniques, including
psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.
«Diana Fosha's healing oriented AEDP is revolutionizing
psychodynamic therapy by encouraging therapists to form intense, real, but also safe, relationships with clients, within which clients explore transformational opportunities and heal the traumas that drive their symptoms» ∼ Richard Schwartz, PhD, Author of, Internal Family Systems
therapy by encouraging therapists to form intense, real, but also safe, relationships
with clients, within which clients explore transformational opportunities and heal the traumas that drive their symptoms» ∼ Richard Schwartz, PhD, Author of, Internal Family Systems
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I work
with an integrative / holistic approach, including theoretical principles such as
Psychodynamic, Humanistic / Spiritual, Cognitive Behaviour
Therapy and Principles of Mindfulness.
The type of
therapy I practice combines
psychodynamic and relational theories
with somatic and mindfulness approaches.
Students learn the basics of each model, review that model's understanding of psychic change and discuss how it might be integrated
with psychodynamic therapy and other therapeutic approaches.
Along
with traditional methods of
therapy like
psychodynamic therapy, cognitive - behavioral
therapy, systems
therapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, she also uses EMDR (certified), hypnotherapy, mindfulness, emotionally focused
therapy to treat her clients.
Psychodynamic therapy is also conducted over a shorter period of time and
with less frequency than psychoanalysis.
Dialectical Behavior
Therapy,
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavior
Therapy, Schema Focused
Therapy, and Mentalization Based
Therapy are all found to be useful in the success of treating a person
with Borderline Personality Disorder.
She views people largely through a
psychodynamic lens but often uses Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (CBT) approaches and person centered approaches
with the utmost respect to Multiculturalism.
I use a combinations of
therapies such as, Cognitive Behavioral,
Psychodynamic, and Emotion - Focused
with couples.»
My approach in facilitating awareness and growth
with clients includes using intuitive knowledge coupled
with psychotherapeutic and empirically - based approaches in counseling, such as cognitive behavioral
therapy,
psychodynamic and humanistic
therapy, brief strategic, family systems, stages of change and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.»
To determine whether participants
with and without a PersD received different treatment, we assessed the percentage of participants receiving1 or more of the following: any psychotropic medication, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, atypical antidepressants, any psychosocial treatment, relaxation training, 1 or more cognitive techniques, 1 or more behavioral techniques, or
psychodynamic therapy.
The results of the meta - analysis appeared to confirm this premise,
with BT being equally as effective as CBT, and more effective than control interventions, including treatment as usual, brief
psychodynamic therapy and supportive
therapy.
Her style integrates respect for every person's wholeness and authenticity
with the many aspects of psychotherapy she has encountered in her studies and life - learning; including
psychodynamic and self - psychology approaches, dozens of trainings exploring depression, trauma, and anxiety, couples» relational work, and sex and physical intimacy
therapy.
If you struggle
with addiction, I use emotionally connective and
psychodynamic therapy.
Psychodynamic therapy relies less on exercises and activities than most other types of therapy, but there are some very important tools in the psychodynamic toolbox that allow the therapist to delve deep into the unconscious mind with t
Psychodynamic therapy relies less on exercises and activities than most other types of
therapy, but there are some very important tools in the
psychodynamic toolbox that allow the therapist to delve deep into the unconscious mind with t
psychodynamic toolbox that allow the therapist to delve deep into the unconscious mind
with their clients.
The goal of
psychodynamic therapy is to help people understand the dynamics underlying their most troublesome symptoms so they can begin to make sense of why they feel compelled to starve themselves for a week, why they can't enjoy having sex
with their partner, or why they have become depressed in their marriage.
Rather than just feeding you a solution,
psychodynamic therapy helps you get in touch
with what produces the problem, so you can finally claim ownership of it rather than continue to pursue temporary «quick fixes» that only serve to cover the real problem up.
This form of
therapy is commonly used
with clients suffering from depression or anxiety diagnoses, and there is some evidence suggesting that
psychodynamic therapy may be as effective in treating depression as other forms of
therapy (WebMD, 2014).
Today, the role of the therapist in
psychodynamic therapy is to work
with the client to discover the bases for their symptoms.
My approach to
therapy is systematic
with psychodynamic, cognitive - behavioral and emotionally focused based elements.
A breath of fresh air in the competitive «mine is best» atmosphere currently so divisive in the field of trauma
therapy, each varied and complex case (presented in a variety of writing styles: case reports, session - by - session narratives, single session transcripts) is approached
with a combination of methods ranging from traditional
psychodynamic and cognitive approaches and applications of attachment theory to innovative trauma methods including EMDR and Levine's SIBAM model.
It was the mainstay of the 1st Edition of Integrated Family
Therapy, a problem - centred model that took account of family structure, organisation and transactional processes (
with less emphasis upon intra-psychic factors, despite its subtitle, a problem - centred
psychodynamic approach).
For example,
psychodynamic theory had not been taught to structural family
therapy trainees in Philadelphia, nor to those learning the McMaster model in Hamilton, Ontario (although many of their trainees were quite familiar
with psychodynamic concepts).
8 of 12 studies that compared cognitive behavioural
therapy with a non-cognitive behavioural intervention included
psychodynamic or interpersonally oriented group
therapy.
I am strongly influenced by
Psychodynamics, Gestalt, Existential, and Relational approaches, and my work
with couples is informed by Emotionally Focused
Therapy (EFT), Collaborative Couple
Therapy, and Accelerated Experiential - Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
The goal in
psychodynamic therapy is a transformation in how you feel about yourself through greater self - understanding and a confrontation
with your past.
While this
therapy is based on psychoanalytic concepts and methods that began
with Freud, it has continuously evolved over the past 120 years, and a great deal of scientific evidence now supports the effectiveness of contemporary
psychodynamic psychotherapy for treating a wide range of problems including depression, anxiety, trauma, anger, relational patterns, and identity issues.
Structural family
therapy,
psychodynamic child
therapy, and a recreational control condition were compared for 69 six - to - twelve - year - old Hispanic boys who presented
with behavioral and emotional problems.
Specifically, I have found that Narrative,
Psychodynamic and Emotional Focused
therapies along
with the structure of Cognitive - Behavioral and Dialectical - Behavioral
therapies allows me to understand my client's story.
My training was in
psychodynamic therapy and I have additional experience
with Mindfulness, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral strategies.
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).
Frederick, R. (2017) Internet - based Affect - focused
Psychodynamic Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
With 2 - Year Follow - Up.
Through the use of several treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior
Therapy (DBT), as well as
psychodynamic and humanistic interventions we work uniquely
with each client to reach their goals.»
This contrasts greatly
with psychodynamic therapy (re: Freud), where the focus is much more on trying to uncover unresolved conflicts from childhood (i.e. the cause of abnormal behavior).
Dossie Easton, MFT: «Cultural Competence
with BDSM Relationships» (July 1, 2011) This workshop presented a comprehensive
psychodynamic theroy of S / M that can be used to inform and guide
therapy with individuals and couples whose lifestyles involve sadomasochism, dominance and submission, sexual fetishes, eroticized role - playing and other expressions of BDSM.
In our work together, I will draw upon my decades of experience and training in research - proven
Psychodynamic, Sensorimotor, and Gestalt modalities to provide you
with therapy that is sensitive to your specific needs and goals.
Her approach for working
with adolescents focuses on relational issues and uses imago relationship techniques, self - psychological,
psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral
therapy to improve interpersonal relationships.
The strategies and techniques involved in
psychodynamic are: Interpreting symptoms Addressing Resistances Working through defenses Connecting your past to the present Emphasize a holistic understanding of the problem Working
with transferential issues Cognitive behavioral
therapy: Here the focus is on the present, in which the therapeutic change highlights the client s interpersonal functioning.
Future research could evaluate the specificity of specialist treatment interventions in larger samples, such as parent training for child behavioural problems, and cognitive or brief
psychodynamic therapy for children
with post-traumatic stress disorders following exposure to violence.32 Other groups of socially excluded children and families, such as children looked after by local authorities and youth offenders, could also benefit from similar designated, accessible interagency mental health services.
Such patterns and emotional responses are theoretically treatable by short - term
psychodynamic psychotherapies (STPP) because these
therapies aim to improve long - and short - term problems
with emotion processing, behaviour and communication / relationships
with others.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study provided long - term follow - up data for children
with sexual behavior problems from a randomized trial comparing the 12 - session Children
with Sexual Behavior Problems Cognitive - Behavioral Treatment Program: School - Age Group and group play
therapy (based on a combination of client - centered and
psychodynamic play
therapy principles).
I focus on
Psychodynamic, Person - centred and Existential - Transpersonal theories and this model of work used
with clients has evolved as I went through
therapy myself as well as practising / learning different theories in training and work placement.