Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

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What is Psychodynamic Therapy?

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a widely respected and effective form of talk therapy that delves into the unconscious mind, allowing you to examine how past experiences and early relationships shape your current emotional and behavioral patterns. At the beginning of therapy, the initial sessions are focused on establishing comfort, support, and understanding between you and your therapist, laying the foundation for trust and effective treatment. Our skilled and compassionate therapists provide a safe and supportive space where you can freely express your thoughts and emotions.

How Does it Work?

During your psychodynamic therapy sessions, your therapist will actively listen to you, helping you explore your thoughts and feelings in-depth within a psychodynamic framework. Through insightful analysis, your therapist will identify recurring themes, unresolved conflicts, and unconscious beliefs that may be influencing your present-day experiences, often hindering personal growth and emotional insight. By bringing these hidden elements to light, you can gain a better understanding of yourself and the underlying factors contributing to your struggles.

The Benefits of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

1. Self-awareness and Personal Growth: By gaining insight into your emotional world, you can develop a deeper understanding of yourself and your reactions to life events. This heightened self-awareness empowers you to make positive changes and break free from unhelpful patterns.

2. Improved Relationships: As you gain insight into your past relationship dynamics, you can enhance your current relationships by fostering healthier communication and emotional connections.

3. Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Unresolved emotions from the past can contribute to stress and anxiety. Psychodynamic therapy can help you process these emotions, leading to greater emotional resilience and reduced stress.

4. Coping Mechanism Development: Your therapist will work with you to develop healthier coping strategies, enabling you to navigate life's challenges with greater ease and adaptability.

5. Long-lasting Change: Psychodynamic psychotherapy aims to address the root causes of emotional difficulties, leading to long-lasting changes rather than just symptom relief.

   Specialties and Areas of Focus

   At Baltimore Therapy Group, our psychodynamically-trained therapists bring a compassionate and skilled approach as mental health therapists, helping individuals and couples navigate a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. With a strong foundation in psychodynamic psychotherapy and a commitment to creating a non-judgmental environment, our practitioners empower clients to gain emotional insight, integrate their own unique history, and develop secure and enriching relationships.

   Areas of expertise for our psychodynamic therapists include:

   • Anxiety and Depression: We work closely with individuals to identify patterns in mood, emotions, and behavior that contribute to anxiety and depression. Through therapy, we help clients develop effective strategies to manage symptoms and improve their overall mental health.

   • Serious Mental Illness and Adjustment Disorders: With experience in outpatient community psychiatry, we support individuals dealing with serious mental illness and adjustment disorders. We provide ongoing care tailored to each person’s needs, ensuring that clients from various cultural backgrounds feel unconditionally accepted and supported.

   • Cultural Sensitivity: We are dedicated to working alongside individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, ensuring that therapy is respectful, inclusive, and responsive to each client’s unique history and experiences.

   • Personal Growth and Emotional Insight: By helping clients gain a deeper understanding of themselves, our therapists enable personal growth and lasting change. Our approach encourages clients to explore the meaning behind their emotions and behaviors, empowering them to make positive life changes.

   • Relationship Concerns: Whether working with individuals or couples, our clinicians help clients develop secure and enriching relationships. We address issues such as communication, intimacy, and conflict resolution, supporting clients in building stronger, healthier connections.

   • Life Transitions: Our licensed mental health therapists assist clients as they navigate significant life changes, such as career shifts, relationship transitions, or other major events. Our supportive approach helps clients manage stress, uncertainty, and adjustment.

   • Emotion Regulation: Through therapy, we teach practical skills for managing emotions, building emotional resilience, and enhancing overall well-being.

   • Trauma Recovery: With post-graduate training in attachment-based therapy, somatic therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy, our therapists are equipped to help individuals process and heal from trauma, integrating these experiences into a healthier sense of self.

   • Spirituality and Meaning: We recognize the importance of spirituality and meaning in clients’ lives, and support individuals in exploring their values, beliefs, and sense of purpose.

   By working with us, clients can expect to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, improve their relationships, manage anxiety and depression, and navigate life’s transitions with greater confidence. Our warm, client-centered approach ensures that every individual feels heard, valued, and empowered to pursue personal growth.

   To learn more about our specialties or to schedule an appointment, use the Make Appointment button at bottom righthand of your screen. You can request a therapy session online or in person, and take the first step toward achieving emotional insight, personal growth, and improved mental health.

Meet Our
Psychodynamic Therapists
in Baltimore

While therapists in the Baltimore Therapy Group use a variety of empirically supported treatments including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (“CBT”), Interpersonal Process Therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy to help clients overcome the struggles that bring them to therapy, a few of us use psychodynamic approaches. Meet Justina Stokes, Licensed Social Worker, one of the Baltimore Therapy Group’s psychodynamic psychotherapists. Justina received her master's degree in clinical social work from Boston University, establishing her expertise and credibility in mental health therapy. She offers a supportive environment for clients to explore and work through their issues.