Virtual Medical Academy

Overview

Psychodynamic theory (sometimes called psychoanalytic theory) has a central role in clinical settings.
The primary assumption of psychodynamics is the belief that all people possess unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps the client to improve self-awareness, understand the influence of the past on present behavior, and enable the patient to work on unresolved unconscious conflicts to alleviate symptoms.

Join us in this interactive online lecture, to learn more about this topic, and to develop skills to be able to handle difficult situations in clinical practice

IMPORTANT NOTE:
You can join and gain knowledge from this session for free. You also have the option to pay SR 75 to upgrade for some additional benefits. When you upgrade you will receive a certificate of achievement and 3 CME hours if you attend 70% of the session live.

This Activity for

Psychology
Resident / Fellow
Physician

What I will learn?

By the end of the lecture, learners will be able to:
1. Identify the theories of therapeutic action, and how psychodynamic psychotherapy works.
2. Recognize the differences between psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapies
3. Define major technical concepts: Frame, boundaries, resistance, and transference.
4. Develop abilities to reflect and act appropriately on counter-transference reactions
5. Develop skills to manage difficult scenarios during clinical encounters