Why do people think and behave the ways in which they do according to psychodynamic therapists?

Answer 1

Hello Gabriel,

Psycho dynamic therapists base their practices on psychoanalytic framework, initially proposed by a physician named Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that unresolved conflicts during the psychosexual stages of development result in disorders later in adulthood. Others psychoanalysts expanded Freud's theories into the broader concept of the unconscious's effects on human development.

Answer 2

Hi Gabriel,

Psychodynamic therapists function under the assumption that people think and behave the ways in which they do as a result of their unconscious mind. Psychodynamic theory states that the unconscious mind is influenced by early childhood experiences, and specifically unresolved conflicts, and that the individual is not aware of these influences (hence the unconscious component of the theory). Psychodynamic theory was first put forward by Sigmund Freud, and the contemporary versions of psychodynamic therapy have evolved quite a bit since the theory's conception.

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