Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Quotes

“Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a talk therapy based on the idea that people are affected and motivated by thoughts and feelings that are out of their awareness. Its goals are to help people to change habitual ways of thinking and behaving by helping them learn more about how their minds work, and/or directly supporting their functioning, in the context of the relationship with the therapist.”
― Deborah L. Cabaniss, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual

“A psychodynamic frame of reference is one that postulates that unconscious mental activity affects our conscious thoughts, feelings, and behavior.”
― Deborah L. Cabaniss, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual

“psychodynamics refers to the forces of the mind that are in motion.”
― Deborah L. Cabaniss, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual

“therapy may be successful to the degree that therapists create and foster the conditions that allow for neuroplasticity or changes in neural circuits to occur [31–34].”
― Deborah L. Cabaniss, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual