Psychodynamic psychotherapy also known as psychoanalytic therapy is based on psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theory given by Sigmund Freud. Psychodynamic therapy identifies the relation between Id, ego and superego and its impact on human behavior. It helps a person to resolve the conflicts stored in subconscious mind by making them conscious

1. PSYCHO-DYNAMIC
THERAPY
PRESENTED BY
Ms Mamta Bisht
(Lecturer)
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2. PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy may be defined as a psychological
treatment of the emotional problems in which the
therapist deliberately establishes a therapeutic
relationship with the patient to:
• Remove, modify or manage the existing
symptoms.
• Modify or change the disturbed pattern of
behavior.
• Promote positive personality growth and
development.
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3. PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychodynamic Psycho-therapy is an insight
oriented therapy that focus on the effect of
unconscious processes on client’s present
behavior.
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4. Psychodynamic therapy
also known as
psychoanalytic therapy
is based on principles
of psychoanalysis.
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5. The client is encouraged to talk about
emotions they are feeling and early life
experiences
The therapist makes the interpretation of
mental and emotional processes to discover
the basis of symptoms.
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6. Duration: 1 hour once a week (twice or thrice
for unstable clients) for months to years
Physical layout:
Therapist and client
sit face to face
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7. GOALS:
• Enhancing self-awareness in the client.
• Understanding the influence of the past on
present behavior.
• Helping the client to examine the
unresolved conflicts from the past
dysfunctional relationships
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8. ASSUMPTIONS OF PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY
• All human behavior has a cause and can be
explained.
• Childhood experiences has a significant influence on
thoughts, emotions and behaviors as an adult.
• Important conflicts during childhood shapes the
overall personality of a person.
• Most of our behavior are motivated by our
subconscious thoughts or feelings (stored in pre-
conscious and unconscious mind).
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9. INDICATIONS
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Stress related disorders
• Addiction
• Social anxiety disorder
• Eating disorders
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10. TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHODYNAMIC
PSYCHOTHERAPY
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11. PSYCHODYNAMIC DIAGNOSTIC MANUAL
(PDM)
It provides a framework for understanding
and evaluating the behavior of the client
within a therapeutic context.
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12. RORSCHACH INKBLOTS
• Rorschach inkblots consists of 10 inkblot
images, some of which are black white or
grey and some are color.
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13. RORSCHACH INKBLOTS
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14. RORSCHACH INKBLOTS
• The client is given inkblot images and asked
to describe what they see.
• They are free to use the image as a whole or
a piece to form the interpretation.
• The therapist records and analyses the
client’s descriptions and uses them to assess
the personality structure and identify the
perception, optical illusions &emotional
problems.
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15. DREAM ANALYSIS
In this technique the client’s dream are
discussed in detail.
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16. DREAM ANALYSIS
According to Freud a person’s dream reflects
his subconscious and has a significant
meaning. (e.g expression of a wish fulfilment)
However this meaning may be hidden or
symbolic.
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17. FREE ASSOCIATION
The client is encouraged to speak or write
freely about anything that comes to mind,
including current issues, fears, desires, dreams
and fantasies.
The focus is on recognizing, understanding and
overcoming the repressed emotions and
negative feelings.
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18. Freud believed that such quick responses can
uncover the repressed thoughts or feeling in
the subconscious mind.
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19. how it benefits the client??
• The client learns how repressed earlier emotions
affect current behavior, relationship and decision
making.
• Helps the client to increase self-esteem, better
use of own talents and abilities and an improved
capacity for developing and maintaining
satisfactory relationships.
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20. Criticism of free association technique:
• People may overproduce the associations
due to pressure from therapist.
• Sometimes the person may not be actually
thinking about the topic.
• Associations can be random and unrelated
to a person’s psyche
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21. Thank you
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