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  • 8 - Psychoanalytic, Psychodynamic, and Humanistic Psychotherapies

  • Douglas A. Bernstein, University of South Florida, Bethany A. Teachman, University of Virginia, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Vanderbilt University, Andres De Los Reyes, University of Maryland
  • Book:
    Introduction to Clinical Psychology
    Published online:
    31 October 2024
    Print publication:
    31 October 2024, pp 192-220

  • Summary

    This chapter describes families of relationship- and emotion-focused therapies, whose members include psychoanalytic, psychodynamic and humanistic treatments. It begins with Freud’s traditional psychoanalysis, which stresses the need for clients to develop insight into their primitive drives, unconscious conflicts, and patterns of relating. It next covers other psychodynamic approaches that share ideas with traditional psychoanalysis, including interpersonal therapy. It also describes humanistic treatments, including person-centered, Gestalt, and existential therapies, all of which emphasize each client’s unique way of experiencing the world. Psychodynamic and humanistic treatments are considered relational approaches because they place strong emphasis on the role of the therapeutic relationship in treatment. The chapter also describes other treatments such as motivational interviewing and emotion-focused therapy that emphasize the role of emotion and interpersonal relationships in helping clients overcome psychological problems.

  • Sexual difficulties in old age and Person-Centered Therapy: A qualitative study with older adults

  • S. Von Humboldt, J.A. Ribeiro-Gonçalves, G. Low, I. Leal
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 65 / Issue S1 / June 2022
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 September 2022, p. S648
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  • Introduction

    Sexual well-being (SWB) of the older population can be significantly influenced by age (1) and sexual difficulties (2).

    Objectives

    Through qualitative research, this study focused on sexual themes that affect the SWB addressed by the older people in person-centered therapy.

    Methods

    Twenty-five older adults, aged between 65 and 82 years and residents on the community participated in this study.

    Results

    The results revealed eight main themes for these participants: Absence of a partner, family interference, dissatisfaction with the body, cleanliness and body care, problems in sexual function, physical violence, problems in sexual communication and fear of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. The most discussed themes were the absence of a partner, problems with sexual function and dissatisfaction with the body.

    Conclusions

    This study highlights the importance of exploring the sexual difficulties that the older population feels in relation to their SWB. 1.von Humboldt S et al. Sexual expression in old age: How older adults from different cultures express sexually? Sex Res Social Policy. 2020;1-15. 2.von Humboldt S et al. Are older adults satisfied with their sexuality? Outcomes from a cross-cultural study. Educ Gerontol. 2020;46:284-293.

    Disclosure

    No significant relationships.