Flashcards in 22. Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapies Deck (2)
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Psychoanalysis
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• 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
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy
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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
