Psychodynamic Therapy
Understanding The Patterns Beneath The Surface
Psychodynamic Therapy explores how unconscious thoughts, repressed emotions, and early life experiences can continue to influence current behaviour, relationships, and decision-making.
Many people find themselves repeating patterns they do not fully understand. They may react in ways they later regret, find themselves drawn into similar relationship difficulties, or continue making choices that do not align with the life they want.
Psychodynamic Therapy seeks to uncover the unconscious processes that shape these patterns and bring them into conscious awareness.
Whilst it is based on the work of early psychoanalysts such as Freud and Jung, modern Psychodynamic Therapy is a more evidence-based and practical adaptation of these original ideas.
How Shannon Uses Psychodynamic Therapy
Shannon uses psychodynamic concepts to help people better understand why they think, feel, and behave in certain ways.
Approaches may include:
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Identifying defence mechanisms
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Evolutionary psychology
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Exploring patterns within relationships
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Working through the therapeutic relationship, including transference
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Dream analysis where appropriate
For many people, developing insight into unconscious patterns can be a powerful step towards meaningful change.
Understanding why a pattern exists does not automatically solve it, but it can provide valuable clarity about what needs to change and why previous attempts may not have worked.