In this instance, even though the event is good news , it is experienced as somehow unsettling or disruptive and difficult for the person to psychologically metabolize. At times the precipitant is internal, for example, persistent depression or sense of unfullfillment and malaise. With an internal precipitant, there may not be a specific event that is the trigger. Thus, no actual definable event is causative, or the event is minor - the straw that broke the camel s back . WHAT Psychoanalytic psychotherapy is premised on the belief that the current adaptation and functioning of an individual is in a large part acquired through interpersonal learning and development.
Development includes biological maturation as well as psychological maturation.
For just as an individual gradually evolves and grows biologically, the same occurs psychologically. Stages exist both biologically and psychologically. Metaphorically, it is as though psychological blueprints are laid down within the mind. Optimally, the blueprints aid in dealing with self and others. The goal in psychoanalytic psychotherapy is to investigate these blueprints by exploring the client s current concerns.