Depression can be treated primarily using two types of treatment: psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy. Psychotherapy uses the combination of different techniques from different models such as psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy.1.3.4.1: Psychodynamic therapy: Psychodynamic therapies focus on resolving the patient's internal psychological conflicts which are generally believed to be They are rooted in childhood (Debjit bhowmik, Kumar, Srivastava, Paswan, Dutta 2012). Therapists make extensive use of free association because psychodynamic theorists believe that depression develops in response to loss; often a loss at the unconscious level (Comer, 1992). The therapist and patient discuss the events that may have led to a loss and then interpret them accordingly. The interpretations aim to give the patient insight into his or her personal anger, which, according to Freud, is accompanied by a loss that precipitates a depressive episode. Psychodynamic theorists also use dream interpretation as a means of liberating the unconscious. By getting an overview of...