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Psychodynamic Therapy: An Overview for Trainees and Their Teachers: Part 1-The Basics. 2023

Eric M Plakun
PLAKUN: Medical Director/CEO, The Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA; and Founder, American Psychiatric Association Psychotherapy Caucus, Washington, DC.

This first column in a series on psychodynamic therapy (PDT) offers an overview of the basics required to understand and master the provision of PDT. It offers a way of understanding what patients struggle with when viewed through a psychodynamic lens and then examines evidence-based core elements of psychotherapy and PDT.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D064889 Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Forms of PSYCHOTHERAPY falling within or deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition, that view individuals as reacting to unconscious forces (e.g., motivation, drive), that focus on processes of change and development, and that place a premium on self understanding and making meaning of what is unconscious. Psychodynamic Psychotherapies,Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,Psychotherapies, Psychodynamic

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