A type of therapy where the understanding of past conflicts is used to promote current change. It attempts to understand the role of the unconscious. Major theorists associated with this type of therapy include Freud and Kohut.
Therapy based on the assumption that a person can develop better control over his or her own behavior, choices and actions by understanding unconscious thoughts and feelings and interpersonal relationships.
From the perspective of the psychodynamic treatment provider, the behavior that youth exhibit stems from basic psychosexual conflict. Treatment approaches are derived from the notion that youth are struggling with internal issues stemming from unresolved developmental conflicts from their childhood. Treatment is focused on uncovering the unconscious conflict by interpretation of dreams, play therapy, and other forms of indirect approaches, which try to help individuals gain insight into the origins of their conflict. The emphasis is on identifying the feelings that underlie maladaptive behavior. The primary means by which change is thought to occur is through a connected relationship between the therapist and youth.
First suggested by Freud, therapy based on the premise that the primary sources of abnormal behavior are unresolved past conflicts and the possibility that unacceptable unconscious impulses will enter consciousness
This is a form of psychotherapy in which the patient talks and the therapist makes interpretations about the patient's words and behaviour.
This form of therapy has its recent origins in Freud's work. It attempts to "approach the patient empathetically from the inside in order to help him identify and understand what is happening in his inner world in relation to his background, upbringing and development".
A form of therapy that focuses on how life events, desires, and close relationships lead to conflict, symptoms such as anxiety or depression, and difficulty in managing lifeâ€(tm)s tasks (see Depression).