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Affective Change in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Theoretical Models and Clinical Approaches to Changing Emotions.
Manfred E. BeutelRichard D. LaneClaudia Subic-wranaMatthias MichalJörg WiltinkLeslie S. Greenbergsubject
050103 clinical psychologyPsychodynamic psychotherapyPsychoanalysisPsychotherapist05 social sciencesTheoretical models050108 psychoanalysisAwarenessEmotional AdjustmentModels PsychologicalAffectYoung AdultPsychoanalytic TheoryEmotional memoryMental RecallHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesFemalePsychologyArousalPsychotherapy Psychodynamicdescription
Affective change has been considered the hallmark of therapeutic change in psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic writers have begun to incorporate theoretically the advanced understanding of emotional processing and transformation of the affective neurosciences. We ask if this theoretical advancement is reflected in treatment techniques addressing the processing of emotion.We review psychoanalytic models and treatment recommendations of maladaptive affect processing in the light of a neuroscientifically informed model of achieving psychotherapeutic change by activation and reconsolidation of emotional memory.Emotions tend to be treated as other mental contents, resulting in a lack of specific psychodynamic techniques to work with emotions. Manualized technical modifications addressing affect regulation have been successfully tested in patients with personality pathology, but not for psychodynamic treatments of axis I disorders.Emotional memories need to be activated in order to be modified, therefore, we propose to include techniques into psychodynamic therapy that stimulate emotional experience.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-06 | Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie |