Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

This form of individual psychotherapy (also known in Germany as depth psychology) is an insight-oriented approach and attempts to contribute to an improvement in the patient’s condition through a deeper understanding of feelings, behavior, thoughts, motives, and even symptoms.

To achieve this, we utilize the theory of modern psychoanalysis and adopt important basic assumptions such as the fundamentally ambivalent nature of human needs and the existence of an unconscious component. The importance of attachment, early interaction patterns, and their effect on relationship patterns in adult life are also emphasized.

In contrast to psychoanalysis, however, this therapy focuses on addressing current conflicts in the “here and now.” Childhood and adolescence experiences are used as formative experiences to better understand the person’s motivations, but are not themselves the subject of therapeutic interventions.

Through a better understanding of their inner conflicts, clients should gradually be able to change their behaviors in such a way that they can realize desired changes in their everyday lives, in their relationships with others, and with themselves. I also support my clients in developing very specific steps or applying helpful techniques.

This form of therapy can be conceptualized as long-term or short-term therapy (less than 25 hours), with therapy sessions scheduled weekly over this period. This enables a deep understanding and correspondingly profound changes.