22. Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapies

Question 1

Psychoanalysis

Answer 1

• Since psychological problems originate from childhood repressed impulses and conflicts, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness where the patient can deal with them

• Focus on expression of emotion
• Exploration of distressing experience
• Identification of recurring themes
• Discussion of development
• Focus on interpersonal relations
• Focus on the therapy relationship
• Exploration of fantasy life

Question 2

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Answer 2

Is a form of depth psychology, the primary focus of which is to reveal the unconscious content of a client’s psyche in an effort to alleviate psychic tension.

In this way, it is similar to psychoanalysis