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Psychodynamic psychotherapy refers not to a single treatment, but rather—like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)—to a family of therapies embedded in a shared model of mental functioning. Psychodynamics offer clinicians an approach to psychiatric disorders that focuses on the complex interplay of mental processes within each individual patient; psychodynamic approaches view the mind as in flux and as capable of changing. Different forms of psychodynamic therapy have different goals, ranging from ameliorating symptoms (e.g., depression or anxiety) to enhancing adaptation in a focal area of functioning (e.g., improving interpersonal functioning, reducing passivity) to improving overall personality functioning (e.g., resolution of borderline personality disorder). As a group, psychodynamic treatments aim to enhance the patient’s awareness of the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors underlying the difficulties that bring the patient to treatment.
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