Therapy Discussion Psychodynamic therapists providing psychoanalytic treatment explores the person’s personality and how they think then helps the person to change their thinking process in a way that addresses hidden conflicts and defenses. The therapist searches for some deep-seated problem that has rooted itself in the client and attempts to cure the phobia by resolving the original issue. According to David Myers (2014), “Psychodynamic therapists don’t talk much about id, ego, and superego. Instead, they try to help people understand their current symptoms. They focus on theme across important relationships, including childhood experiences and the therapist relationship. Rather than lying on a couch, out the therapist’s line of vision, patients meet with their therapist face to face.” (p. 654). This form of therapy is not as popular today as it was in the past but still provides the therapist with a treatment that can help resolve personality issues that are hidden deep in the person’s subconscious mind. …show more content…
A therapist can develop a system of using various treatment approaches that will help facilitate positive responses to the treatment process. David Myers (2014) notes, “ The humanistic perspective (Chapter 13) has emphasized people’s inherent potential for self-fulfillment. Like psychodynamic therapies, humanistic therapies have attempted to reduce growth-impeding inner conflicts by providing clients with new insights.” (p. 655). Though the two approaches complement each other, they do differ in many