101614 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Depth Psychology, Harry Guntrip
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy or psychoanalytic psychotherapy 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. Psychodynamic psychotherapy relies on the interpersonal relationship between client and therapist more than other forms of depth psychology. In terms of approach, this form of therapy uses psychoanalysis adapted to a less intensive style of working, usually at a frequency of once or twice per week. Principal theorists drawn upon are freud, klein, and theorists of the object reactions movement, e. g. , winnicott, guntrip, and bion. Some psychodynamic therapists also draw on jung or lacan. It is a focus that has been used in individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, and to understand and work with institutional and organizational contexts. In psychiatry, it is considered a treatment of choice for adjustment disorder, as well as post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) but more for personality-related disorders.
