Brief (Short-term) Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a psychotherapy that focuses on troubling feelings or thoughts that interfere with relationships, communication, and/or functioning. Brief (short-term) psychotherapy differs from long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy by being much briefer and time-limited treatment.
Malan's Triangle of Conflict is often used to address issues that come up in short-term psychodynamic therapy:
If the primary focus is/are: