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  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychotherapy

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  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly impacts individuals' emotional and narrative coherence.
  • Current therapeutic approaches aim to address affective dysregulation and fragmented experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a psychodynamic psychotherapeutic approach for PTSD.
  • To outline how this therapy addresses narrative disruptions and emotional dysregulation.

Main Methods:

  • Trauma-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy.
  • Exploration of psychological meanings of symptoms and their relation to trauma.
  • Identification of intrapsychic conflicts, affects, and defenses.
  • Utilizing psychodynamic formulation for intervention.
  • Leveraging transference to address relational and emotional difficulties.

Main Results:

  • The approach facilitates exploration of the psychological meanings of PTSD symptoms.
  • It addresses disruptions in narrative coherence and affective dysregulation.
  • Transference serves as a key therapeutic mechanism for processing complex emotions and relational patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Trauma-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy offers a structured approach to PTSD.
  • The therapy effectively targets core features of PTSD, including narrative and affective disturbances.
  • Psychodynamic principles provide a framework for understanding and treating trauma-related psychological distress.