The theory of thermodynamics to describe the processes of the mind.
Flows of psychological energy (libido or psi) in an organically complex brain.
Freud
Psychodynamic psychology
Psychodynamic therapies: theory of inner conflict, wherein repressed behaviours and emotions surface into the patient’s consciousness; generally, one’s conflict is unconscious.
- Emphasizing systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, emotions and how they relate to early experience.
- Specifically the dynamic relations between conscious motivation and unconscious motivation.
The term psychodynamics can refer to psychoanalytical therapy.
There are four major schools of thought regarding psychological treatment:
- Psychodynamic
- Cognitive-Behavioral
- Biological
- Humanistic treatment
Psychodynamic psychotherapy (1-2/wk)
vs.
Classical psychoanalysis (3-5/wk)