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Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapy
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Psychoanalytic Therapy – “Normal These types of therapy are designed
Key Concepts Theory of Change
personality development is based on to help the client increase in
What are some successful resolution and integration of How can therapy help a adaptive functioning, strengthen the
of the key psychosexual stages of development. Faulty person overcome ego behavior for more reality-based
propositions of personality development is the result of problems? What must a decisions, and make the
the theory? How inadequate resolution of some specific stage. person do to improve unconscious conscious. Childhood
and why do Anxiety is a result of repression of basic his or her functioning? experiences are analyzed through
people develop conflicts. Unconscious processes are discussion and interpretation and
problems? centrally related to current behavior,” the goal is to ultimately improve
(Corey, 2017, p. 433). insight and intellectual
understanding through the client’s
Psychodynamic Therapy – Shortened
self-understanding of past feelings
version on psychoanalytic, this therapy does
and experiences (Corey, 2017).
not include all the classic therapeutic
processes of psychoanalytic therapy but does
require the therapist stay alert for integration
of more of the psychoanalytic techniques
that may need to be utilized. The client
males a commitment to change in their
current life and is asked to refrain from any
major changes before the process is
complete (Corey, 2017).
The therapist’s role is to provide an “The classical analyst stands
Interventions Who Is in Charge?
anonymous and nonjudgmental role, avoid outside the relationship, comments
What Is the Role of
What transference in the client-therapist on it, and offers insight-producing
the Client and the
techniques does relationship and help clients achieve the interpretations,” (Corey, 2017, p.
Counselor?
the counselor freedom to love, work, and play through 69).
use to help self-awareness, honesty, and more effective What is the counselor
“In contemporary relational
bring about personal relationships, Having a strong responsible for in
psychoanalysis, the therapist does
change? alliance in the therapeutic relationship is key sessions? What is the
not strive for an objective stance.
in the process for successful outcomes, client expected to do?
Contemporary psychodynamic
divulging little information on the therapist’s Who takes the leading
therapists focus as much on here-
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part and letting the client discover role in the interaction? and-now transference as on earlier
themselves fully and adequately (Corey, reenactment,” (Corey, 2017, p.69).
2017, p.67). “Contemporary psychodynamic
therapists view their emotional
communication with clients as a
useful way to gain information and
create connection. Analytic therapy
focuses on feelings, perceptions,
and action that are happening in the
moment in the therapy sessions,”
(Corey, 2017, p.69).
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Adlerian Therapy
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