Module 29.1: Psychodynamic Psychological Interventions

Question 1

What are the different psychodynamic interventions?

Answer 1

1. Free Association
2. Transference
3. Resistance
4. Dreams interpretation
5. Catharsis
6. Working Through
7. Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapies
8. Relational Psychoanalytic Therapy
9. Hypnotherapy
10. Play Therapy

Question 2

Free Association

Answer 2

therapist tells the patient to describe any thought, feeling, or image that comes to mind even if it seems unimportant

Question 3

Transference

Answer 3

they act and feel toward the therapist as they did toward important person in their lives

Question 4

Dreams interpretation

Answer 4

can reveal unconscious instincts, needs, and wishes

Question 5

Manifest (dream)

Answer 5

consciously remembered dream

Question 6

Latent (dream)

Answer 6

meaning

Question 7

Catharsis

Answer 7

+ reliving past repressed feelings
+ powerful emotional release that, when successful, is accompanied by cognitive insight and positive change

Question 8

Working Through

Answer 8

patient and therapist must examine the same issues over and over in the course of many sessions

Question 9

Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapies

Answer 9

patient choose a single problem, a dynamic focus to work on and work only on the psychodynamic issues that relate to it

Question 10

Relational Psychoanalytic Therapy

Answer 10

therapist disclosing things about themselves, particularly their own reactions to patients, and try to establish more equal relationships with patients

Question 11

Hypnotherapy

Answer 11

patient undergoes hypnosis and is then guided to recall forgotten events or perform other therapeutic activities

Question 12

Play Therapy

Answer 12

an approach to treating childhood disorders that helps children express their conflicts and feelings indirectly by drawing, playing, and making stories