Psychodynamic psychotherapy
is a form of depth psychology derived from Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. It is a theory and a method, as well as a relationship.
Theory
Psychodynamic therapy theory is based on the idea that people’s psyches have an unconscious existence. In other words, parts of our consciousness are out of reach of our daily awareness.
Another key element of this therapy is that our treatments do not only have a cause but also a meaning. The individual has a meaningful existence that constantly seeks to solve its basic problems, both in daily awareness and in dream state.
A third aspect of the treatment is the recognition that the individual is made up of many different parts that can be in conflict with one another.
Therapists that work with this method:
The methods and relationships
used within psychodynamic therapy are primarily conversational. The existential meeting between therapist and client is typified by openness and unconditional exploration. The degree of connection and personal chemistry of the relationship is therefore important. After this initial focus, which provides a solid foundation on which to move forward, we work together from the present into the past. In this so-called transference relationship, the client becomes aware of deeper patterns and experiences from his or her past through the therapeutic dialogue.
Dream work, hypnosis, imaging, music, psychodynamic body therapy, symbolic drama, Lifespan Integration, and ego state work are methods that can accelerate, intensify and complement discussions within the therapeutic relationship.
The psychodynamic process
is characterised by a connection phase during which trust is established and a processing phase which focuses on working through, for example, feelings of inadequacy, conflict and trauma, (especially pain from the past). The focus of the connection phase is to review how both partners’ perceived the therapy, so as to evaluate how objectives have been achieved.
The client often experiences
the therapist as a neutral agent, a knowledgeable and engaged person who can provide crucial support when family and friends aren’t enough. The relationship is a secure environment that provides space to explore thoughts, feelings and behaviours to achieve personal transformation.
The search for reason ends at the shore of the known; on the
immense expanse beyond it only the sense of the ineffable
can glide.
We do not leave the shore of the known in search of adventure
or suspence or because of the failure of reason to answer our questions.
We sail because our mind is like a fantastic seashell, and when applying our
ear to it´s lips we hear a perpetual murmur from the waves beyond the shore.
Citizens of two realms, we all must sustain a dual allegiance…
Abraham Heschel; I asked for Wonder
“Life can be understood only by looking backwards,
but can only be lived by looking forwards.”
Sören Kierkegaard
“I seek the question to which human life is the answer.”
From The Master Ma by Willy Kyrklund
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