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APPROCHE PSYCHODYNAMIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

An insight-focused therapy that seeks to understand the meaning behind the behavior by examining developmental and characterological problems.

CONT

In addition, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches were favoured over CBT [cognitive-behavioural therapy] despite the lack of empirical support for these treatments.

OBS

The identification of core beliefs and associations that caused the development of symptoms is an example of a psychodynamic approach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

La thérapie psychodynamique est un exemple de psychothérapie non structurée à long terme. Elle soulage la détresse que ressent la personne en l’aidant à comprendre les motifs sous-jacents à son comportement.

Spanish

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