Once found, we actively question their purpose and dispute their validity. I see CBT as a form of applied mindfulness and often recommend that clients learn mindfulness meditation as an adjunct to treatment.Dynamics. The word “psychotherapy” commonly evokes the image of the classic psychoanalyst coolly taking notes behind a patient laying on the couch free-associating about their childhood. Until recently this was a dominant form of psychotherapy. Any therapy primarily concerned with how significant past events/relationships play in the present is considered a “dynamic” therapy. Once found, we actively question their purpose and dispute their validity. I see CBT as a form of applied mindfulness and often recommend that clients learn mindfulness meditation as an adjunct to treatment.Dynamics. The word “psychotherapy” commonly evokes the image of the classic psychoanalyst coolly taking notes behind a patient laying on the couch free-associating about their childhood.
Until recently this was a dominant form of psychotherapy. Any therapy primarily concerned with how significant past events/relationships play in the present is considered a “dynamic” therapy.
In general, cognitive therapists are more active/directive, and the therapy more present focused, striving for measurable progress in the short-term.
Though my primary mode of work is cognitive, I see the forms as complimentary. Dynamics are always present, at play, to be noted, and attended to.