The Psychodynamic Approach During COVID-19 Emotional Crisis

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ciro Conversano¹ 

[1] Department of Surgical, Critical and Care Medicine, University of Pisa

关键词: psychodynamic;    psychodynamic approach;    clinical psychology;    mental health;    COVID-19;    COVID-19 outbreak;    psychotherapy;    psychodinamic psychotherapy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.670196

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The psychodynamic approach views human behavior from the standpoint of unconscious motivesthat influence personality functioning. In contrast with a nosological approach, the emphasis ison tracing behavior to its origins, fostering a deeper understanding of what is “behind” the overtsigns and symptoms of disorder (Vaillant, 1977, 1992; Kernberg, 1988; Gabbard, 2014; Sartori et al.,2017; Mazza et al., 2019). From the early stage of development, the individual experiences life inpeculiar ways that will progressively determine one’s identity, including attitudes, coping strategies,cognitive processes, and relational dynamics (Cramer, 2007; Fonagy et al., 2008; Di Giuseppe et al.,2019b; Rosa et al., 2019; Giovanardi et al., 2020). Psychodynamic theories have offered a remarkablecontribution to the study of unconscious processes connected with physical and mental distress.This approach has helped scholars in understanding the link between body and mind, detectingcyclical relational patterns, meaning individuals’ behaviors and treating psychopathologies from anemotion-focused perspective (Bornstein, 2005; Bateman and Fonagy, 2012; Luyten and Blatt, 2015;Salvatore et al., 2015; Hilsenroth et al., 2018; McCarthy et al., 2019; Salvatore, 2019).

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