Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Understanding the Approach: Basics, Process, and Applications
Brief articles on the concepts, methods, costs, and indications of depth psychology-based psychotherapy. This overview will guide you to the individual topics.
Do Therapists Have Therapists? Their Own Therapy in Psychodynamic Training
120 mandatory sessions in your own chair before anyone else sits in it. There’s a good reason for that.
Read more →Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: What Is the Difference?
Two terms that are often used interchangeably. The difference lies in frequency, attitude, and sitting position.
Read more →Transference and Countertransference Explained Simply
Sometimes, for a moment, someone completely different sits inside the therapist. That is exactly what makes it revealing.
Read more →Recognizing and Understanding Defense Mechanisms
Repression, projection, rationalization. These are not mistakes, but protective reactions with an understandable logic.
Read more →Short-term or Long-term Therapy? An Explanation of the Quotas
12, 24, 60, or 100 sessions. Which quota applies depends on more than your own preference.
Read more →Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Behavioral Therapy: The Difference
Unconscious conflicts or current behavior. Both approaches are recognized; they simply focus on different aspects.
Read more →Criticism of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Difficult to standardize, evidence is incomplete in some areas, not suitable for everyone. An overview of the objections.
Read more →Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety as a sign of an internal conflict. What the S3 guideline says about this and when depth psychology-based psychotherapy (TP) is an option.
Read more →Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Trauma and PTSD
Trauma-focused approaches come first. However, relationship-oriented work still has a place in the treatment of complex trauma-related disorders.
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