Dynamic Psychotherapy
An Introductory Approach
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-88048-319-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a concise, practical, step-by-step introduction to the principles of dynamic psychotherapy. It is designed for beginning and intermediate psychotherapists who wish to learn more about dynamic psychotherapy, and it emphasizes the practical aspects of dynamic psychotherapy rather than the theoretical.
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Language
English
Place of publication
VA
United States
Publishing group
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88048-319-3 (9780880483193)
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Content
A reader?s guide. Psychotherapy: what, when, and why? The initial contact. The selection process. Agreement: the therapeutic contract. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: initiating therapy and the relationship. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: fundamental principles and techniques. Insight-oriented psychotherapy: technical interventions. How psychotherapy works. Guidelines and stratification. Technical considerations: dream interpretation, resistance, and regression. Time-limited insight-oriented psychotherapy. Supportive psychotherapy. Psychotherapy combined with or augmented by pharmacotherapy. Problem situations and difficult patients. Termination of psychotherapy. References.