psychodynamic
Depth psychology approach
Psychodynamic describes an approach to psychology that emphasizes unconscious processes and early life experiences as forces shaping behavior and mental states.
The term combines psyche (mind) with dynamic (forces in motion), suggesting that psychological symptoms arise from conflicts between competing internal drives.
Psychodynamic therapy explores how past relationships influence present patterns.
The approach traces to Freud but has evolved considerably since.
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- preconsciousAccessible but unattended thoughts
conscious · libido · drives · instincts · pleasure principle · internalization · self-representation
Unconscious strategies avoiding distress
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
denial · rationalization · reaction formation · intellectualization · regression · introjection · splitting · undoing
Redirecting feelings to substitutes
- countertransferenceTherapist's emotional response to patient
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- dream analysisInterpreting nocturnal mental imagery
interpretation · working through · insight · neutrality · abstinence · enactment · termination · couch
Functional mental disorder
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- unresolved conflictDispute lacking conclusion
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- attachment theoryStudy of emotional bonds
Libidinal maturation sequence
- oral stageFirst psychosexual developmental period
- anal stageToddler psychosexual development period
- latencyDelay in system response
- Oedipus complexPsychosexual attachment to mother
Electra complex · fixation · arrested development · attachment · formative years · childhood trauma
id
Unconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
preconscious · conscious · libido · drives · instincts · pleasure principle · internalization · self-representation
defense mechanisms
Unconscious strategies avoiding distress
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- displacementRemoval from usual location
sublimation · denial · rationalization · reaction formation · intellectualization · regression · introjection · splitting · undoing · isolation
transference
Redirecting feelings to substitutes
- countertransferenceTherapist's emotional response to patient
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
dream analysis · interpretation · working through · insight · neutrality · abstinence · enactment · termination · couch
neurosis
Functional mental disorder
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- traumaLasting psychological wound
unresolved conflict · borderline · narcissism · hysteria · obsessional
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- attachment theoryStudy of emotional bonds
psychosexual stages
Libidinal maturation sequence
- oral stageFirst psychosexual developmental period
- anal stageToddler psychosexual development period
- latencyDelay in system response
Oedipus complex · Electra complex · fixation · arrested development · attachment · formative years · childhood trauma
- psychologypsychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, memory, learning
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- clinical trainingpracticum, internship, internships, clinical hours, supervision
- social workcase notes, person-centered, fieldwork, community development, clinical practice
psychodynamicbehavioral
Relating to conduct
behaviorist · cognitive-behavioral · CBT · behaviorism · Skinnerian
psychodynamicbehavioristic
Focused on observable conduct
stimulus-response · neurobiological · biological · mechanistic · reductionist
psychodynamicmechanistic
Viewing systems as machines
empirical · operant · stimulus-response · neuroscientific · reductionist