Full Description
This book delivers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the evidence for psychodynamic psychotherapy through explanations of research organized around therapy processes relevant to practicing clinicians and informed researchers.
Each chapter presents an event within dynamic therapy, from interpretation to termination, along with a narrative to help readers understand the why and the how of the process. Written in accessible and engaging language, each short chapter is a synthesis of findings in each topic area, going beyond subjects interesting only to researchers to aspects of practice relevant to therapists of all schools of thought.
The Evidence for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is written for therapists to pick up and put down between clients, for mental health researchers to quickly find support for a point they wish to make, and for educators to assign brief readings to bolster students' confidence in dynamic therapy.
Contents
Part 1: Foundations 1. Defining Psychodynamic Therapy 2. Scientific Philosophies and Psychodynamic Therapy 3. Outcomes in Psychodynamic Therapy Part 2: Therapeutic Relationship: Evidence in Psychodynamic Pychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction 4. Transference in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 5. Countertransference in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 6. Therapeutic Alliance in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 7. Alliance Rupture and Repair in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 8. Real Relationship in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Part 3: Interventions: Evidence in Psychodynamic Pychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction 9. Supportive Techniques in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 10. Expressive Techniques in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Part 4: Time: Evidence in Psychodynamic Pychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction 11. Socialization in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 12. Working Through in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 13. Termination in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 14. Time-Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Part 5: Mechanisms: Evidence in Psychodynamic Pychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction 15. Insight in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 16. Defenses in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 17. Attachment in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 18. Quality of Object Relations in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 19. Mentalization in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 20. Brain Changes in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Part 6: Adaptations: Evidence in Psychodynamic Pychotherapy: A Contemporary Introduction 21. Children and Adolescents in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 22. Indentity Diversity in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
