A Psychodynamic Case Study

The history of Psychodynamic psychology originated with Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century. Freud proposed a psychodynamic theory to which personality consists of the id. The Id is present at birth and it resides in the world of unconsciousness. Freud also said that the unconscious is also a place where human instinctual biological drives reside. The drives direct our behaviour towards choices that promise to satisfy our basic human needs. The drives ensure our survival like drinking water and eating food, the desire for reproduction and the necessity for aggression.

To reach her audience, Walton uses a first-person point of view. Granting the text becomes more credible knowing it comes from a highly knowledgeable person, the author strays away from ethos and does not introduce herself as an expert with a Ph.D. in Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, but instead incorporates herself within the targeted

clinical psychologist, and author of many books, is concerned about our altered identities, lack of

The client to be discussed in this assessment report is Mr. John Jones. Mr. Jones was twenty-one-years of age when he was evaluated on March 2, 2010. Mr. Jones was referred for an assessment by his psychiatrist. Mr. Jones and his mother presented on for this assessment and each were seen individually with Mr. Jones permission after he agreed to and signed the informed consent. Mr. Jones was informed through the informed consent that since was referred by his psychiatrist, his psychiatrist would receive a copy of the assessment. However, due to Mr. Jones age and limits of confidentiality, the discussion with Mr. Jones’ mother was limited in order to maintain and follow the code of ethics.

The client, Ms Iris, is a 38 years old female. She lives in the urban area of a non-specified capital city of Europe. She has been married for fifteen years and she used to work as a secretary. She quitted for unspecified reasons. Though her exact level of education is not given, she has succesfully finished high-school. She was attending a school, so to learn a secondary language. Both of her parents are alive, but she doesn't maintain a healthy realationship with them, especially with her father, although she tries.

Considering some common features and characteristics of psychodynamic psychotherapies, we can also encompass a focus on Steven’s affect and emotional expression, self-experience and relatedness, maladaptive relationship patterns, transference and countertransference, exploration of unconscious motives and fantasies, and relate his current experiences to his past experiences (Friederich, Zeeck & Herzog, 2015).

The family checked-in as being “okay” and week was “good.” The family presented in a euthymic mood and it was congruent with affect. During this session, the therapist and family focused on treatment goals accomplished and completion of the therapeutic process. The youth’s mother was asked to identify what was the most difficult challenge she experienced during the therapeutic process. The mother reported it was difficult to handle a teenager with anger management problems while leaning how to adjust to an alternative way of disciplining. She indicated Denae’s attitude is not perfect, but she and her husband has learned how to punish without having to use physical force. The youth reported her greatest challenge was controlling her behavior and anger.

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Nice post Garrick, It’s interesting to see how our thought motive our emotions and behaviors to react as a response in a good or bad way. When reading and learning about Cognitive therapy I discovered that there’s various disorder that comes along with cognitive distortion which may ignite or cause fuel by a person beliefs of the world causing an individual’s to respond in q erratic state. If there are signs of weakness, distortion, and biasedness the individual has a greater chance to have a disorder. In addition, a person with maladaptive responses may change by modifying their cognitive process. Although, an individual underlying may be cognitive schema or the common ground, and their beliefs pertains to themselves those beliefs may cause

Focus is on the unconscious mind and its influence over conscious behavior (such as nail biting, nervous rituals)

Even Gill lets this negative stigma about Kevin having a psychological abnormality affect him. When Gill’s wife brings up that Kevin’s teacher asked if they had ever gotten a psychological evaluation done on Kevin, Gill starts to freak out. He tries to combat the negative stuff in his head about getting a psych evaluation by listing off all these great things about Kevin and then even shifts the blame by saying maybe his teacher is crazy or doesn’t know what she is talking about. He also tries to defend Kevin to himself by shifting the blame and saying that if anyone needs a psych evaluation it is Gary, his sisters kid, because he is the one with the real problems not Kevin. This is another example of how strong social labels can be. They can

The psychodynamic approach is an approach to psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience. Sigmund Freud the founder of the psychodynamic approach to psychology or psychoanalysis. While he led the process to look at subconscious thoughts and desires most of his beliefs were wrong. Some beliefs are that our behavior and feelings as adults (including psychological problems) are rooted in our childhood experiences, Personality is made up of three parts: the id, ego and superego. Parts of the unconscious mind (the id and superego) are in constant conflict with the conscious part of the mind (the ego).

Often in the professional world occupations use different methodologies to guide people through their practice. As a social worker we are educated to use evidence based methods to provide a sound intervention or preventation process to help consumers address their barriers. In may practice as a social worker I would like to utilize both psychodynamic and cognitive behavior therapy when partnering with clients to address their barriers.

Eclectic psychology is a varied approach to psychology in which psychotherapists pool a number of psychotherapy theories together in order to provide a flexible foundation to adapt to a patient’s needs. Eclecticism is a fairly new style of therapy used today in psychology. At one point, therapists were using just a single system or practice, but now eclectic psychotherapy is highly dominant. The ‘’No’’ side of the issue says that eclectic approaches have a weak conceptual bases and without a guiding framework, therapists are less knowledgeable about the theories overall. Don Macdonald and Marcia Webb believe that it is unnecessary for psychotherapists to know multiple theories to work successfully. I believe Jean A. Carter brings up good

Alfred Adler, a friend and colleague of Freud’s, proposed that Jon’s negative emotions, and bland worldview, is caused by an innate striving for positive social interactions and a selfless concern for the welfare of others, which drives the search for self-realization. Jon could decrease his negative emotions and worldview through altruistic concern for others. By taking his eyes off himself, and his feelings of doom and nothingness, and instead working selflessly to help another person, Jon can not only decrease his negativity, he can improve his outlook and meaning in life. Adler proposed that Jon is a social being, who will need healthy social interactions to rise above his feeling impending doom and nothingness, and fully develop his