Psychodynamic therapy – also known as the psychodynamic approach or psychodynamic psychotherapy – is all about getting to the root of the problem to create long-lasting change.

It helps you understand how your current feelings and behaviour are shaped by your past experiences and your unconscious mind and impulses.

The relationship with your therapist is key to this therapeutic approach. Having an accepting and trusting relationship with them encourages you to talk freely and openly about topics like your childhood and your relationship with your parents.

This can help you understand what you’re feeling now, why you behave in a certain way and how this affects your relationships with others.

There may be things in your unconscious that you’re not aware of and are painful or keeping you stuck. A psychodynamic therapist will help you look for these patterns and understand them. We find that knot so you can start unravelling all the strands and move on with your life.

Your therapist will encourage you to talk freely about whatever comes to mind. You can talk openly, honestly and without being judged. The patterns of what’s in your unconscious begin to come through and we then explore what that means together.

We believe that what happens in our early years and those developmental relationships can be a blueprint for the rest of our lives. It’s a dynamic that we may take into other relationships. Psychodynamic therapy can help you both learn more about your feelings, behaviours and actions, and then resolve the feelings that originate from these relationships. It can help you understand why you expect to be treated in a certain way and how that impacts on your current relationships.