Psychodynamic Therapy

This style of therapy focuses on changing lifelong patterns that have become dysfunctional. The focus on resolving issues from the past results in improved self-esteem and overall functioning.

Traditionally, the goal is to help the client change patterns of behavior

that took years to develop. But when a person is functioning well in life and is in crisis or experiencing transient problems, brief therapy can be used to help the person understand what he or she has been through emotionally that brought about the symptoms.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy focuses on the feelings we have about other people, especially our family, and the people we are close to. The approach is collaborative, structured and carefully organized. It often involves discussing past experiences and how these may have led to our present predicament. It also helps us to see how these affect our life now; the understanding gained allows the person to make choices about what happens in the future. This may involve quite brief therapy for specific difficulties and therapy can be relatively short, but when problems are complex and long standing, healing may mean attending regular sessions over many months.