s of psychosexual development can be best applied toward the goal of therapeutic change?
With respect to the foregoing, Ivey (1993) states that psychodynamic theory can be used as a framework for clients experiencing problematic behavior at the point of life transitions (e.g. marriage, death of a loved one, leaving home, onset of menses, etc.) Using this theory, the counselor can point out to the client that the problematic behavior is really the temporary "loss" of the adult self and the emergence of thoughts and feelings similar to childhood.
For example, a client might present with the information that he recently married and, since then, has found himself excessively hungry, the result of which is that he has put on a great deal of weight; further, he has started smoking. The counselor would utilize the psychodynamic model to examine for any developmental blocks the man might have experienced at the oral stage of development.
Of course not only stage theory but other elements of psychodyna
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