1.1. Background of brief psychodynamic therapy (BPT). The theory supporting psychodynamic therapy originates in and is informed by psychoanalytic theory. The four major schools that have influenced psychodynamic are: Freudian, Ego psychology, Object relation, and Self psychology (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 1999). 1.1.1. Freudian Seligman and Reichenberg (2014) states that: in Freudian therapy a great emphasis is placed on biological influences and early childhood experiences. Freud believed that people go through stages of psychosocial development and must struggle to find balance between their strong sexual drives and their need to behave in socially acceptable ways. 1.1.2. Ego psychology Ego psychology focuses more on the mind’s development in interaction with the social and physical world. This provides a therapist with a theoretical framework for repairing the effects of arrested, or incomplete, or distorted psychosocial development, facilitating a better fit between the psychosocial and physical world of the individual and the normative expectations of society. It encourages therapists to think about development processes across the life cycle, about the unfolding of human capacities in response to the interaction between environmental influences and inborn developmental …show more content…
“The two-person approach is a constructivist one, in which the analyst pays close attention to her contributions to the patient’s reaction” p67.The major emphasis of the relation model is on preserving connection and relationship between the self and other. It focuses on the nature of human relatedness and emotional bonds with significant others-objects (Charman, 2003) The main focus of this school is on how unconscious childhood experiences are being transferred to present