The primary focus of psychodynamic therapy is on unconscious processes as they appear in the client's current behavior. The objectives of psychodynamic therapy include helping the client become aware of themselves and how their past has shaped how they behave in the present. In a nutshell, a psychodynamic method allows the client to look at unresolved issues and symptoms that come from previous unhealthy relationships. From psychoanalytic theory, several short psychodynamic psychotherapy techniques have developed and been professionally used to treat a variety of mental health disorders. An increasing amount of research points to the effectiveness of these strategies.

Psychodynamic Therapy can help with various mental health conditions like:

• Personality Disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Interpersonal Issues
• Self-esteem
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Unhealthy Eating patterns
• Substance abuse or addiction

You may see your therapist regularly or more than once a week if you choose to take up psychodynamic therapy. You will visit your therapist for several months, with each session lasting around 45 minutes. You could continue to meet for a year or more in certain situations. Psychodynamic therapy frequently uses the technique of free association which involves encouraging the patients to discuss whatever is on their minds at the moment. This might be recollections of former events or things they are going through right now.

Brief psychodynamic therapy is a type of psychodynamic treatment that aims to provide benefits faster, usually in 25 to 30 sessions. During the beginning stages of this brief psychodynamic therapy, patients can decide to focus on a particular concern they want to address.