Explain and contrast the psychodynamic, humanistic and behaviourist approaches in psychology. How could they be applied to care practice?

The term psychodynamic means the active forces within the personality that motivate the behaviour and the inner causes of behaviour, especially the conflict between the different structures that make up the personality. In this approach there are six main points identified; the model of personality development, the philosophy of human nature, the method of psychotherapy, identified dynamic factors that motivate behaviour, focus on role of unconscious, and developed first therapeutic procedures for understanding & modifying structure of an individuals basic character.

In Freuds perspective behaviour is determined by, irrational forces, unconscious motivations, biological and instinctual drives as they evolve through the five psychosexual stages of life, theory driven by belief that problems that arise in life are the result of our early life experiences….(short extract)