UNDERSTANDING the Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression
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Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression
In general, psychodynamic theory emphasizes the long-term predisposition
to depression, rather than the losses that happen to set it off in the short term.
Psychodynamic therapies similarly are directed toward long-term
change, rather than short-term alleviation of depression. Several therapeutic
strategies follow from the three strands of psychodynamic theorizing about
depression. First, psychodynamic therapists inclined toward the anger turned-
inward theory of depression will (as in Debby's case) attempt to
make the patient conscious of his misdirected anger and the early conflicts
that produced it. Learning to come to terms with the anger that loss and rejection
produce and to direct it toward more appropriate objects should
prevent and relieve depression. Second, psychodynamic therapists who deal
with the depressive's strong dependence on others for self-esteem will attempt
to get the patient to discover and then resolve the conflicts that make
him perpetually greedy for love and esteem from others. Such a patient
must learn that true self-esteem comes only from within. And third, therapists
who work within Bibring's helplessness approach try to end the patient's
depression by getting him to again perceive his goals as being within
reach, to modify his goals so that they can now be realized, or to give up
these goals altogether.
Treating:
Depression and Suicide
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety
Panic Disorder
Major Depression Disorder
Agoraphobia
For the Therapy I recommend click here:
The Liberator Method
Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression
In general, psychodynamic theory emphasizes the long-term predisposition
to depression, rather than the losses that happen to set it off in the short term.
Psychodynamic therapies similarly are directed toward long-term
change, rather than short-term alleviation of depression. Several therapeutic
strategies follow from the three strands of psychodynamic theorizing about
depression. First, psychodynamic therapists inclined toward the anger turned-
inward theory of depression will (as in Debby's case) attempt to
make the patient conscious of his misdirected anger and the early conflicts
that produced it. Learning to come to terms with the anger that loss and rejection
produce and to direct it toward more appropriate objects should
prevent and relieve depression. Second, psychodynamic therapists who deal
with the depressive's strong dependence on others for self-esteem will attempt
to get the patient to discover and then resolve the conflicts that make
him perpetually greedy for love and esteem from others. Such a patient
must learn that true self-esteem comes only from within. And third, therapists
who work within Bibring's helplessness approach try to end the patient's
depression by getting him to again perceive his goals as being within
reach, to modify his goals so that they can now be realized, or to give up
these goals altogether.
Treating:
Depression and Suicide
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Social Anxiety
Generalized Anxiety
Panic Disorder
Major Depression Disorder
Agoraphobia
For the Therapy I recommend click here:
The Liberator Method