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psychodynamic

psychodynamic

1 7.9
Showing how hidden feelings and thoughts shape behavior and personality
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊdaɪˈnæmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicodinámico
  • In contrast, European psychiatrists seem to be divided in their support for organic and psychodynamic explanations.
  • psychodynamic theory
  • psychodynamic therapy
  • psychodynamic approach

And that is, by the way, what some people argue are the psychodynamic underpinnings of fascism.

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Examples

  • Whatever lesions he has suffered, he's also producing psychodynamic responses to trauma.

    Academic text (2009)
  • We can take other schools within psychology, such as the psychodynamic school, which emphasizes the conflicting forces within us.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The therapeutic action of play in the psychodynamic treatment of children: a critical analysis.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Looking back, there were good reasons to think of Capgras in terms of psychodynamic causes.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Psychodynamic treatment may determine causes of anger other than weight loss.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Although psychodynamic models often fit within psychoanalytic orientations, the treatment is often quite different.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The psychodynamic orientation is similar to the psychoanalytic, although its focus is on the child's feelings of omnipotence.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Regarding psychotherapy, the earlier mentioned expectations provide a rationale for using cognitive-behavioral rather than psychodynamic approaches, although which is best and for whom remains an empirical question.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In psychodynamic theory, avoidance is widely seen as a costly coping method (Consedine, Magai, & Bonanno, 2002).

    Academic text (2007)
  • Psychodynamic therapy helps individuals understand how psychodynamic thoughts affect their behavior.

Synonyms

psychoanalytic
vspsychodynamic
  • Specialized
4 7.9

Relating to a type of talk therapy that studies hidden thoughts and early childhood

relates more generally to unconscious mental and emotional forces affecting behavior

How Psychoanalytic

Freudian
21 7.2
psychoanalytic
  • Specialized
4 7.9
psychodynamic
  • Specialized
1 7.9
psychological
543 4.5

Surface Forms

psychodynamic positive

Morphology

psychodynamic = dynamic (semi-transparent) = psycho + dynamic

The word is built transparently from psycho- plus dynamic, but the specialized psychological sense is not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

The word psychodynamic comes from psyche 'mind' or 'soul', like in psychology, and dynamic 'force' or 'power', so it means the 'forces of the mind'. That's why a psychodynamic approach looks for hidden mental and emotional forces that shape a person's behavior.