Pychodynamic Therapy: Psychoanalytic Therapy

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According to (Putnam & Loewenstein, 1993), individual psychodynamic oriented psychotherapy, is the most recommended treatment for patients that suffer with DID. It main function is help clients to understand that their unconscious thoughts can affect their present behavior. In Emelia’s case with her identity being shattered into two alters, reintegrating her personality might seem hopeless. Fortunately, this is not always the case. According to (Brand et al., 2009), although no controlled research has been reported on the effects of treatment, there are some documented successes of attempts to reintegrate identities through long-term psychotherapy. The use psychoanalytic therapy would help Emelia with dissociative identity …show more content…

However, there is little indication that it helps. The use of antidepressant drugs is effective in treating patients who suffer from anxiety disorders, depression and borderline personality disorders due to dissociation amnesia or fugue. According to (Simeon, 2006), states that while psychotropic treatments have shown effective results for a wide range of mental conditions, where the treatment of DID there has been no known treatment that offers anything more than palliative support to help manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, impulsivity, and substance …show more content…

The following treatments such as Psychotherapy, Family therapy, couple therapy and pharmacological treatments are required to assist Emelia in recovery. However, each treatment provided are to be introduced to Emelia as a three phase-oriented basis, it is not recommended to be used all at once. The three-phrased oriented treatment is recommended for DID patients, ISSTD (2011) states the following phases, “phase one: establishing safety, stabilization, and symptom reduction, phase two- confronting, working through, and integrating traumatic memories and phrase three: integration and

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