How to Practice Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Method
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-55798-465-4 (ISBN)
Description
This clinically based manual takes readers through the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) which is the basis of a specific form of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (BPP). The CCRT method is research-supported and easily operationalized. The CCRT method offers symptom relief and limited but significant character change in a strongly interactive 16-session format. It focuses on helping the client to work through the circumscribed area of maladaptive functioning. After presenting general background about BPPs and a specific discussion of the CCRT rationale and process, the author offers the reader a portrait of CCRT therapy in action. In an extended clinical vignette, the reader may follow the therapist and client in a step-by-step manner, from initial session, to therapist formation, articulation and presentation of the CCRT. The volume outlines the 16-session course of therapy including termination and follow-up. This book will be of use to clinicians and directors of postgraduate psychology programmes, mental health training centres, psychiatric residency programmes and to students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55798-465-4 (9781557984654)
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Content
Introduction to the Brief Psychodynamic and the CCRT Method: The Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies; Definition of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies; General Characteristics of the Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies; Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Basic Techniques of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Countertransference; The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT); Focus; Summary. Identifying the CCRT Focus: What the CCRT "Looks Like"; How the CCRT is Generated - the Relationship Episode; The Three Components of a CCRT - Wish, Response from Other, and Response from Self; Summary. Making the Unspoken Component of the CCRT Explicit: Making the Wish Explicit; Making the Response of the Other (RO) Explicit; Making the Response of Self (RS) Explicit; Corroborating Information; Defining the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT); Enactments; Summary. The Goal of BPP - Actualizing the Wish: Working Through the Response of the Other as Transference Distortion or Repetition Compulsion; the Three Phases of 16-session CCRT Method of BPP; Regressive versus Progressive Wishes (Ws); Summary. The Three Phases of Treatment: Phase I (Sessions 1 to 4) - Demonstrating the Ubiquity of the CCRT; Phase II (Sessions 5 to 12) - Working Through the RO; Phase III (Sessions 13 to 16) - Termination, Common Questions and Answers About the CCRT; Summary. Practicing the CCRT Method of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, a Case Study - Assessment Process: Capturing Relationship Episodes While Taking a History and Carrying out a Mental Status Examination; Creating Ms. Benton's CCRT; Summary. Socialization Interview: Presenting the CCRT; Specifying the 16-session Time-Limit; Summary. Phase I - Demonstrating the Ubiquity of the CCRT: Common Questions and Answers about Phase I; Summary. Phase II - Identifying and Working Through the RO: Increased Spontaneous Awareness of the CCRT; Working Through the RO - Fears that Others Will Be Angry At Her; Working Through the RO - Fears That She Will Damage Others; A Countertransference Error; Common Questions and Answers about Phase II; Summary. Phase III - Termination: Maintaining Focus on Termination; Following-Up; Common Questions and Answers About Phase III; Summary.