Psychotherapies, in general, are developed in direct relation to and, often, as a result of specific personality theories, so, when looking at the nature of any particular therapy it is appropriate to do so in conjunction with the personality theory from which that psychotherapy was developed. Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic therapies were developed as a result of Sigmund Freud’s (1856 – 1939) theory of personality development, which he formulated, during the 1880’s, after working with Charcot in Paris. He began to speculate about the nature of the illnesses suffered by some patients which appeared to him not to have a biological source, this…(short extract)
