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The primary goal of modern approaches is to bring the drives of the id into consciousness, allowing them to be understood and addressed directly, thus reducing the client’s reliance on defense mechanisms to function in social contexts (Levenson, 2007). When symptoms are elucidated to bring the unconscious into consciousness or awareness, the ego is strengthened and clients learn to express their needs and wants within a realistic paradigm, resulting in a greater balance between the id and the superego. The ultimate goal is to resolve interpersonal conflicts by identifying and resolving the ways in which the client is demonstrating resistances, defenses, and misplaced drives based on prior traumatic experiences.