The author describes the processes through which understanding of psychodynamics develops. He demonstrates how the therapist can connect their subjective, emotional understanding of the person in front of them with the rational understanding of their textbook knowledge. The numerous case studies illustrate how psychodynamic understanding can be helpful when difficult treatment situations arise during therapy or when progress stalls. For clinical practice, the book offers practitioners all the support they need to orient themselves regarding the characteristics of certain developmental phases or conflicts. The book serves as a compendium of psychodynamics. The reader will find a contemporary, coherent model of thought for work in psychoanalysis and depth psychology that sheds light on the unconscious dynamics of relationships.