Full Description
The importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this excellent new volume. In Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice, the editors provide evidence that supports this type of research for two primary reasons. The first reason concerns the current marginalization of psychodynamic work within the mental health field. Sound empirical research has the potential to affirm the important role that psychodynamic theory and treatment have in modern psychiatry and psychology. The second reason that research is crucial to the future of psychodynamic work concerns the role that systematic empirical investigations can have in developing and refining effective approaches to a variety of clinical problems. Empirical research functions as a check on subjectivity and theoretical alliances in on-going attempts to determine the approaches most helpful in working with patients clinically. Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice brings together a panel of distinguished clinician-researchers who have been publishing their findings for decades. This important new book provides compelling evidence that psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many common psychological problems.
Contents
Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies for Specific Disorders.- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Review of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies.- Psychodynamic Treatment of Panic Disorder.- A Naturalistic Treatment for Panic Disorder.- Empirical Support for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders.- Empirical Evidence for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and Other Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.- Studying Change in Defensive Functioning in Psychotherapy Using the Defense Mechanism Rating Scales: Four Hypotheses, Four Cases.- Empirical Measures of Psychotherapy Process.- Process Measures for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- Countertransference and Personality Pathology: Development and Clinical Application of the Countertransference Questionnaire.- Theory, Technique, and Process in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- Alliance, Negotiation, and Rupture Resolution.- Affect-Focused Techniques in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- Affect-Focused Short-Term Dynamic Therapy.- Factors Contributing to Sustained Therapeutic Gain in Outpatient Treatments of Depression.- The Neurobiology of Psychodynamic Theory and Psychotherapy.- Neural Models of Psychodynamic Concepts and Treatments: Implications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- Physiologic Monitoring in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research.- Letters on Research in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.- A Letter to My Friend and Researcher Colleague, Professor Sy Entist.- The Perils of p-Values: Why Tests of Statistical Significance Impede the Progress of Research.- From Psychoanalyst to Psychoanalyst/Researcher.- Clinicians' Love/Hate Relationship with Clinical Research.- Measuring and Enhancing the Impact of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research.
