Psychodynamic Therapy Modalities

📚 Looking for more PMHNP board review resources, visual study guides, practice questions, and psychiatric education? Visit IntraPeace Education: www.intrapeaceeducation.thinkific.com Psychodynamic therapies focus on how unconscious processes, early relationships, developmental experiences, and internal conflicts influence thoughts, emotions, and behavior. In this video, we review the major psychodynamic concepts and developmental theories that are especially important for PMHNP board preparation and psychiatric practice. This lesson is designed for PMHNP students, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and other mental health professionals who want a clear, clinically useful review of psychodynamic theory and lifespan development. Topics covered include: • Foundations of psychodynamic theory • Freud and classical psychoanalysis • Unconscious processes and internal conflict • Defense mechanisms • Transference and countertransference • Object relations theory • Ego psychology and self-psychology • Attachment theory • Margaret Mahler’s stages of separation-individuation • Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development • Piaget’s stages of cognitive development • Kohlberg’s stages of moral development • Contemporary psychodynamic approaches • Clinical applications in mental health treatment • High-yield PMHNP board pearls related to psychotherapy and developmental theory If you are preparing for the ANCC PMHNP board exam, be sure you can recognize common defense mechanisms, understand transference and countertransference, and distinguish the major developmental theories of Freud, Mahler, Erikson, Piaget, Kohlberg, and attachment theory. Subscribe for more videos covering psychotherapy, developmental theories, psychiatric assessment, DSM-5-TR disorders, psychopharmacology, and high-yield PMHNP board review. #PMHNP #PMHNPBoards #PsychodynamicTherapy #DefenseMechanisms #DevelopmentalPsychology #Psychotherapy #ANCC