Mnemodynamic therapy takes its name from the Greek goddess Mnemosyne (pronounced knee-mo) the goddess of memory. The “dynamic” part of the Mnemodynamic name is defined as energy or forces that produce movement—hence moving memories.

Dynamic psychology is any system of psychology that emphasises the fluidity and energy of mental life and the motives, emotions and drives of the individual that underlie it. It embraces continuous change or advance.

The model is a tempered one, and an eclectic one. Some of the parts may be well known to you ... I think, though, not put together in this order and with this effect.

We are aware that Mnemodynamic Therapy is a new name to most of you. The name is important. It was coined to embrace the breadth of a brilliantly working model which is explained on the at www.mnemodynamics.org This website will start to explain to you enough for you to be able to understand. The site explains how people rid themselves of simple or complex and traumatic past events in what we think is the most fluent collection of methods yet put together.

The father of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, made the following statement. It is relevant to the Mnemodynamic process:

“In the end, if the situation of repression can be successfully reproduced in his memory, his compliance will be brilliantly rewarded. The whole difference between his age then and now works in his favour; and the thing from which his childish ego fled in terror will often seem to his adult and strengthened ego no more than child’s play”;.

(Sigmund Freud, ‘The Question of Lay Analysis’, 1926)

This model is availavle at CHATS and we look forward another masterclass 2010 with Sue Washington who developed the model. The masterclass are open to therapists as a certified CPD.