P - One strength of the psychodynamic approach is that it introduced the idea of psychotherapy (as opposed to physical treatment)E - Freud brought the world a new form of therapy - psychoanalysis. This was the first attempt to treat mental disorders psychologically rather than physically. The new therapy employed a range of techniques designed to access the unconscious, such as dream analysis. Psychoanalysis claims to help clients by bring their repressed emotions into their conscious mind so they can be dealt with. Psychoanalysis is the forerunner to many modern-day 'talking therapies', such as counselling, that have been established.E - This shows the value of the psychodynamic approach in creating a new approach to treatment.

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