Concise Guide to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Concise Guides)

Developing skills in psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques is a lifetime endeavor. The third edition of this volume from American Psychiatric Publishing's enduringly popular Concise Guides series serves as an excellent starting point for mastering these vital skills?A?Askills that can be applied to many other psychiatric treatment modalities, including other psychotherapies, medication management, consultation-liaison psychiatry, outpatient and emergency room assessment and evaluation, and inpatient treatment. In a compact guide?A?Acomplete with glossary, indexes, tables, charts, and relevant references?A?Adesigned to fit into a lab coat pocket, the authors -Provide the clinician with an updated introduction to the concepts and techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy, describing their usefulness in other treatments. For example, psychodynamic listening and psychodynamic evaluation are best learned in the context of psychodynamic psychotherapy training but are applicable in many other psychiatric diagnostic and treatment methods. -Convey the excitement and usefulness?A?Aas well as the difficulties?A?Aof psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques, including case examples. -Show the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy in general, and of psychodynamic psychotherapy in particular?A?Aissues of special importance in the evidence-based practice of medicine and mental health care. -Explain the advantages?A?Aand limitations?A?Aof each form of psychodynamic psychotherapy: brief, long-term, and intermittent. For example, psychotherapists must be able to recognize patterns of interpersonal interaction without engaging in the "drama." Thus, they must learn to recognize and understand their own reactions as early indicators of events transpiring in the treatment and as potential roadblocks to a successful treatment. Complementing more detailed, lengthier psychiatry texts, this volume's 15 densely informative chapters cover everything from basic principles to patient evaluation, resistance and defense, transference and countertransference, dreams, beginning and termination of treatment, management of practical problems, brief and supportive psychotherapy, and psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder and other severe character pathologies. Mental health care professionals everywhere will turn to this practical guide again and again as an invaluable resource in creating and implementing effective treatment plans for their patients. Contents......Page 6 About the Authors......Page 16 Introduction to the Concise Guides Series......Page 18 Preface to the Third Edition......Page 20 1 Why Psychotherapy?......Page 22 The Contribution of Psychotherapy......Page 23 Psychotherapy and Medical Illness......Page 25 Summary......Page 27 References......Page 28 2 Basic Principles......Page 34 The Focus of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy......Page 35 The Setting of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy......Page 38 The Technique of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy......Page 39 References......Page 42 Additional Readings......Page 43 3 Patient Evaluation, I: Assessment, Diagnosis, and the Prescription of Psychotherapy......Page 44 Beginning the Evaluation......Page 47 Selection Criteria......Page 50 References......Page 52 Additional Readings......Page 53 The Four Psychologies......Page 54 The Clinical Moment and Clinical Assessment......Page 57 Psychodynamic Listening in a Consultation-Liaison Situation......Page 60 Psychodynamic Listening in a Psychotherapy Evaluation......Page 64 Psychodynamic Listening in a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Context......Page 67 Listening to Oneself Outside of the Consulting Room......Page 71 References......Page 72 Additional Readings......Page 73 5 Patient Evaluation, III: Psychodynamic Evaluation......Page 74 The Chief Complaint......Page 78 The History of the Present Illness, the Past History, and the Family History......Page 80 Early Memories and Trauma......Page 83 Developmental Deficit......Page 88 Assessment of the Patient's Conscience......Page 90 Conclusion......Page 91 Additional Readings......Page 92 6 Beginning Treatment......Page 94 Abstinence and Free Association......Page 96 The Atmosphere of Safety......Page 99 The Attitude of Physicianly Concern......Page 101 Disappointment in the Opening Phase......Page 102 The Early Experience of Transference, Defense, and Resistance......Page 103 Initial Use of Dreams in Therapy......Page 106 References......Page 108 Additional Readings......Page 109 Resistance......Page 110 Defense......Page 111 Repression......Page 112 Reversal......Page 113 Intellectualization......Page 114 Interpreting Resistances and Defense Mechanisms......Page 115 Transference Resistance......Page 119 Additional Readings......Page 122 8 Transference......Page 124 The Need to Repeat the Past......Page 125 Transference in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy......Page 126 Forms of Transference......Page 127 Working With the Transference......Page 128 Transference as Resistance......Page 130 Erotic and Aggressive Transferences......Page 133 Working Through the Transference......Page 134 Enactment and Projective Identification......Page 135 Dealing With "No" Transference......Page 136 References......Page 138 Additional Readings......Page 139 9 Countertransference......Page 140 Concordant and Complementary Countertransferences......Page 143 Countertransference in Work With Borderline Personality Disorder Patients......Page 148 Other Countertransferences......Page 150 The Therapist's Need for Personal Psychoanalysis and Supervision......Page 151 Additional Readings......Page 152 Introducing the Patient to the Use of Dreams......Page 154 Use of Dreams During the Middle Phase of Therapy......Page 156 Use of Dreams During the Latter Phases of Therapy......Page 157 The Dream as an Indicator of Unconscious Conflict......Page 159 The Dream as an Indicator of Transference......Page 160 The Dream as Indicator of Genetic Data or Adaptational Style......Page 162 Dreams as a Defense......Page 164 The Termination Dream......Page 165 Words of Caution......Page 166 Additional Readings......Page 167 Recognizing When the Termination Phase Is Approaching......Page 168 Review the Treatment......Page 170 Experience the Loss of the Psychotherapy and the Therapist......Page 171 Increase Skills in Self-Inquiry as a Method of Problem Solving......Page 172 Disappointment in the Termination Phase......Page 173 When the Treatment Is Unsuccessful......Page 175 When the Patient Refuses to Terminate Despite Successful Treatment......Page 177 Leave-Taking: The Reactions of the Therapist......Page 178 Terminations That Do Not Take Place......Page 180 References......Page 181 Additional Readings......Page 182 The Office: Decor and Setting......Page 184 Fees......Page 187 Medical Insurance and Managed Care......Page 189 Pharmacotherapy......Page 190 Telephone Calls......Page 191 Suicidal Patients......Page 192 Dangerous Patients......Page 193 Advice Giving: The Psychotherapist as Physician......Page 194 Illness in the Patient......Page 195 General Guidelines......Page 196 Suggested Readings......Page 197 13 Brief Psychotherapy......Page 198 Selection of Patients......Page 199 Duration of Treatment and Termination......Page 203 Techniques......Page 205 References......Page 206 Additional Readings......Page 207 Diagnosis......Page 208 Conflicts......Page 210 Beginning Psychotherapy......Page 213 The Patient's Defense Mechanisms......Page 215 Countertransference......Page 219 Narcissistic and Schizoid Patients......Page 220 References......Page 222 Additional Readings......Page 223 15 Supportive Psychotherapy......Page 224 Selection of Patients......Page 225 Techniques......Page 227 References......Page 230 Additional Readings......Page 231 Appendix: A Brief History of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy......Page 232 Traditional Classics......Page 240 Modern Classics......Page 241 C......Page 244 I......Page 245 N......Page 246 P......Page 247 S......Page 248 W......Page 249 F......Page 250 N......Page 251 Z......Page 252 A......Page 254 C......Page 255 D......Page 257 F......Page 258 L......Page 259 O......Page 260 P......Page 261 R......Page 262 T......Page 263 V......Page 265

developing Skills In Psychodynamic Psychotherapy And Its Techniques Is A Lifetime Endeavor. The Third Edition Of This Volume From American Psychiatric Publishing's Enduringly Popular Concise Guides Series Serves As An Excellent Starting Point For Mastering These Vital Skills—skills That Can Be Applied To Many Other Psychiatric Treatment Modalities, Including Other Psychotherapies, Medication Management, Consultation-liaison Psychiatry, Outpatient And Emergency Room Assessment And Evaluation, And Inpatient Treatment.

in A Compact Guide—complete With Glossary, Indexes, Tables, Charts, And Relevant References—designed To Fit Into A Lab Coat Pocket, The Authors

• Provide The Clinician With An Updated Introduction To The Concepts And Techniques Of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Describing Their Usefulness In Other Treatments. For Example, Psychodynamic Listening And Psychodynamic Evaluation Are Best Learned In The Context Of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training But Are Applicable In Many Other Psychiatric Diagnostic And Treatment Methods.

• Convey The Excitement And Usefulness—as Well As The Difficulties—of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy And Its Techniques, Including Case Examples.

• Show The Efficacy And Cost-effectiveness Of Psychotherapy In General, And Of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy In Particular—issues Of Special Importance In The Evidence-based Practice Of Medicine And Mental Health Care.

• Explain The Advantages—and Limitations—of Each Form Of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Brief, Long-term, And Intermittent. For Example, Psychotherapists Must Be Able To Recognize Patterns Of Interpersonal Interaction Without Engaging In The Drama. Thus, They Must Learn To Recognize And Understand Their Own Reactions As Early Indicators Of Events Transpiring In The Treatment And As Potential Roadblocks To A Successful Treatment.

complementing More Detailed, Lengthier Psychiatry Texts, This Volume's 15 Densely Informative Chapters Cover Everything From Basic Principles To Patient Evaluation, Resistance And Defense, Transference And Countertransference, Dreams, Beginning And Termination Of Treatment, Management Of Practical Problems, Brief And Supportive Psychotherapy, And Psychotherapy Of Borderline Personality Disorder And Other Severe Character Pathologies.

mental Health Care Professionals Everywhere Will Turn To This Practical Guide Again And Again As An Invaluable Resource In Creating And Implementing Effective Treatment Plans For Their Patients.

john K. Larson

this Softcover, Paperback-sized Book Contains 15 Pithy Chapters On The Basics Of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. It Was Designed To Fit Easily Into A Lab Coat Pocket And Is Clearly Meant To Serve As A Ready Reference To The Topic. It Was Written By Three Psychiatrists, All Faculty At The Uniformed Services University Of The Health Sciences In Bethesda, Maryland. The Stated Purpose Is To Provide Practical, Accessible Information For Psychiatrists And Psychiatric Residents That Can Be Used In Varied Settings. It Is Meant To Complement More Detailed Information Found In Lengthier Psychiatric Texts. The Targeted Audience Is Psychiatrists And Psychiatric Residents, But This Volume Would Also Be Useful To Any Mental Health Practitioner. The Book Covers Such Topics As Basic Principles, The Prescription Of Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Listening, Beginning Treatment, Resistance, Transference, Countertransference, Dreams, And Termination. Each Chapter Is Informed By The Authors' Knowledge Of The Resource Limitations And Time Constraints Faced By A Psychotherapist In A Managed-care Environment. Each Chapter Is Followed By A Brief, Up-to-date Bibliography. The Book Also Contains Numerous Tables, An Appendix, A Glossary, And A Useful Index. The Entire Handbook Is Organized For Rapid Reference. This Little Book Admirably Succeeds In Its Purpose And Should Find Wide Acceptance Among Practicing Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Residents, And Other Mental Health Professionals.

Developing skills in psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques is a lifetime endeavor. The third edition of this volume from American Psychiatric Publishing's enduringly popular Concise Guides series serves as an excellent starting point for mastering these vital skills -- skills that can be applied to many other psychiatric treatment modalities, including other psychotherapies, medication management, consultation-liaison psychiatry, outpatient and emergency room assessment and evaluation, and inpatient treatment.

In a compact guide -- complete with glossary, indexes, tables, charts, and relevant references -- designed to fit into a lab coat pocket, the authors • Provide the clinician with an updated introduction to the concepts and techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy, describing their usefulness in other treatments. For example, psychodynamic listening and psychodynamic evaluation are best learned in the context of psychodynamic psychotherapy training but are applicable in many other psychiatric diagnostic and treatment methods.

• Convey the excitement and usefulness -- as well as the difficulties -- of psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques, including case examples.

• Show the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy in general, and of psychodynamic psychotherapy in particular -- issues of special importance in the evidence-based practice of medicine and mental health care.

• Explain the advantages -- and limitations -- of each form of psychodynamic psychotherapy: brief, long-term, and intermittent. For example, psychotherapists must be able to recognize patterns of interpersonal interaction without engaging in the "drama." Thus, they must learn to recognize and understand their own reactions as early indicators of events transpiring in the treatment and as potential roadblocks to a successful treatment.

Complementing more detailed, lengthier psychiatry texts, this volume's 15 densely informative chapters cover everything from basic principles to patient evaluation, resistance and defense, transference and countertransference, dreams, beginning and termination of treatment, management of practical problems, brief and supportive psychotherapy, and psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder and other severe character pathologies.

Mental health care professionals everywhere will turn to this practical guide again and again as an invaluable resource in creating and implementing effective treatment plans for their patients.

Developing skills in psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques is a lifetime endeavor. The third edition of this volume from American Psychiatric Publishing's enduringly popular Concise Guides series serves as an excellent starting point for mastering these vital skills — skills that can be applied to many other psychiatric treatment modalities, including other psychotherapies, medication management, consultation-liaison psychiatry, outpatient and emergency room assessment and evaluation, and inpatient treatment. In a compact guide — complete with glossary, indexes, tables, charts, and relevant references — designed to fit into a lab coat pocket, the authors • Provide the clinician with an updated introduction to the concepts and techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy, describing their usefulness in other treatments. For example, psychodynamic listening and psychodynamic evaluation are best learned in the context of psychodynamic psychotherapy training but are applicable in many other psychiatric diagnostic and treatment methods. • Convey the excitement and usefulness — as well as the difficulties — of psychodynamic psychotherapy and its techniques, including case examples. • Show the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy in general, and of psychodynamic psychotherapy in particular — issues of special importance in the evidence-based practice of medicine and mental health care. • Explain the advantages — and limitations — of each form of psychodynamic psychotherapy: brief, long-term, and intermittent. For example, psychotherapists must be able to recognize patterns of interpersonal interaction without engaging in the "drama." Thus, they must learn to recognize and understand their own reactions as early indicators of events transpiring in the treatment and as potential roadblocks to a successful treatment. Complementing more detailed, lengthier psychiatry texts, this volume's 15 densely informative chapters cover everything from basic principles to patient evaluation, resistance and defense, transference and countertransference, dreams, beginning and termination of treatment, management of practical problems, brief and supportive psychotherapy, and psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder and other severe character pathologies. Mental health care professionals everywhere will turn to this practical guide again and again as an invaluable resource in creating and implementing effective treatment plans for their patients. Why psychotherapy? Basic principles Patient evaluation I : assessment, diagnosis, and the prescription of psychotherapy Patient evaluation II : psychodynamic listening Patient evaluation III : psychodynamic evaluation Beginning treatment Resistance and defense Transference Countertransference Dreams Termination Practical problems Brief psychotherapy Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder and other severe character pathology Supportive psychotherapy. Provides concise, thoroughly updated coverage of all the major principles and important issues in psychodynamic psychotherapy, including concepts and techniques, initiation and termination of treatment, and patient evaluation and education. Four key chapters review resistance and defense, transference, countertransference, and dreams, furnishing a wealth of practical suggestions for the beginning therapist. This compact guide's 15 densely informative chapters -- complete with glossary, indexes, illustrations, and references -- not only provide clinicians with an updated introduction to the concepts and techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy but also convey the excitement and usefulness, as well as the difficulties, of this complex field.