Since ancient times, cultures across the world have understood that human suffering can have psychological causes. At its core, psychotherapy is working with another person to help identify and ...

"What makes them defense [mechanisms] is not that they protect you from pain—they don't, clearly. They suck at doing this, look around. The purpose of defense mechanisms is to stop you from changing." ...

In a research study, it was discovered that therapists who practiced the core values of psychodynamic therapy had better outcomes for people who were suffering from depression—regardless of the type ...