Psychodynamic therapy

Psychodynamic therapy is a broad term that encompasses depth therapy that oriented to insight, interpretation, exploring defenses and exploring the patients relationship patterns including the relationship to the therapist.

Traditionally this has been a longer term therapy where the relationship to therapist helps the patient develop insight into themselves and hopefully have a reparative experience of a therapist knowing them, respecting them, and seeing patients in all their complexity. Often there are misunderstandings followed by repair.

Psychodynamic therapists are often less concerned about teaching patients skills than other therapies such CBT or DBT. Rather the healing mechanisms are deep listening, validating, interpreting, and exploring.

References:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK606117/