PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES

Have you ever felt as though different parts of your personality were arguing with one another? One part wants security, another demands adventure, and a third questions every decision. Psychologist Hubert Hermans developed Dialogical Self Theory to...

: Why can two people experience exactly the same event yet interpret it in completely different ways? Psychologist George Kelly believed that we each construct our own understanding of reality through personal beliefs, expectations, and experiences....

Attachment theory is often reduced to labels people use to explain their dating lives, but its clinical origins are considerably richer. Secure, anxious, and avoidant patterns describe different ways people organize themselves around closeness,...

Why do some people desperately seek closeness but become frightened, angry, or distant once they receive it? Object relations theory proposes that our earliest relationships can become internal psychological templates that influence how we experience...

Brief Psychodynamic Therapy proves that depth-oriented clinical work does not require years on the couch to yield meaningful change. By isolating a central emotional or relational conflict from the outset, the clinician and client establish a sharp,...