What is Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?
• The terms Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy are used interchangeably. • In this therapy, the focus is on the person’s conscious and unconscious assumptions about relationships and how these are played out with the therapist. So past experiences resurface and can be thought about in a live way. • The therapist listens and lets the person in therapy set the agenda. • The therapist avoids imposing his / her own view, and the person is asked in turn to live with the uncertainty this can bring. What sort of problems can Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy help with? • Psychoanalytic / psychodynamic psychotherapy can be used in a wide variety of conditions in which people have emotional or relationship difficulties and is not aimed at specific disorders. The wish for self-understanding, the willingness to tolerate uncertainty, and the readiness to consider another point of view, are some of the necessary ingredients. • People benefiting from this form of therapy often h
