Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy, also known as insight-oriented therapy, refers to therapeutic approaches that focus on uncovering and understanding a person’s thoughts and feelings at a deeper level by focusing on bringing unconscious ideas into awareness. In fact, approaches like CBT, DBT, and EFT are all based on psychodynamic principles. 

In psychodynamic therapy, there is a focus on finding patterns in current emotions and thoughts in order to help an individual gain insight into their current self. Often, these patterns are found to begin in childhood since psychodynamic theory posits that our early life experiences are extremely influential on our psychological development. Psychodynamic therapy also helps you identify important pieces of the puzzle that makes you who you are so that you can rearrange them to develop more helpful coping mechanisms and form a more functional and positive sense of self.

Often in psychodynamic sessions, the therapist will encourage the client to talk freely about whatever is on their mind. The main goals of psychodynamic therapy are to enhance self-awareness and foster understanding of thoughts/beliefs in relation to past experiences.