
Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques
A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
Brian A. Sharpless(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 25. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-19-067627-8 (ISBN)
Description
Psychodynamic therapy has a growing evidence base, is cost-effective, and may have unique mechanisms of clinical change. However, gaining competence in this approach generally requires extensive training and mastery of a large and complex literature.
Integrating clinical theory and research findings, Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques provides comprehensive but practical guidance on the main interventions of contemporary psychodynamic practice. Early chapters describe the psychodynamic "stance" and illustrate effective means of identifying and understanding clinical problems. Later, the book describes how to question, clarify, confront, and interpret patient material as well as assess the clinical impacts of interventions. With these foundational tools in place, the book supplements the "classic" psychodynamic therapy techniques with six sets of supportive interventions helpful for lower-functioning patients or those in acute crisis. Complete with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare techniques as well as numerous clinical vignettes to illustrate their use in clinical settings, Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques effectively demystifies this important approach to therapy and helps practitioners more effectively apply them to a wide range of patients and problems.
Integrating clinical theory and research findings, Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques provides comprehensive but practical guidance on the main interventions of contemporary psychodynamic practice. Early chapters describe the psychodynamic "stance" and illustrate effective means of identifying and understanding clinical problems. Later, the book describes how to question, clarify, confront, and interpret patient material as well as assess the clinical impacts of interventions. With these foundational tools in place, the book supplements the "classic" psychodynamic therapy techniques with six sets of supportive interventions helpful for lower-functioning patients or those in acute crisis. Complete with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare techniques as well as numerous clinical vignettes to illustrate their use in clinical settings, Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques effectively demystifies this important approach to therapy and helps practitioners more effectively apply them to a wide range of patients and problems.
Reviews / Votes
Brian Sharpless presents a thoroughly up-to-date and unusually well-balanced view of modern psychodynamic therapy. He judiciously blends theory, practice and empirical research in an extremely readable, almost conversational, style. His outstanding effort is empirically sound, theoretically sophisticated, and contains a treasure of clinical examples that demonstrate how to apply expressive and supportive psychodynamic technique. Graduate students in clinical psychology, as well as clinicians already in practice, will profit greatly from its clinical wisdom, lively presentation and well-argued case for the enduring value of the psychodynamic approach to treatment. * Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former Dean, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-067627-8 (9780190676278)
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Brian A. Sharpless
Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques
A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
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03/2019
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Brian A. Sharpless
Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques
A Guide to Expressive and Supportive Interventions
E-Book
03/2019
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€43.49
Available for download
Person
Brian A. Sharpless, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the American School of Professional Psychology and a Visiting Research Fellow (Honorary Appointment) in the Department of Psychology at Goldsmith's University of London. He received his PhD in clinical psychology and MA in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University and completed post-doctoral clinical and research fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sharpless has authored over 40 publications on psychodynamic therapy, common and lesser-known disorders, professional issues, and the history/philosophy of clinical psychology. He is the author of Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives (with Karl Doghramji, MD) and editor of Unusual and Rare Psychological Disorders: A Handbook for Clinical Practice and Research.
Author
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor, The American School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University
Content
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Section I: Background Information for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Techniques
2. Do we REALLY need Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?
3. Goals of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
4. The Psychodynamic "Stance"
5. The Supportive-Expressive Continuum
6. Characteristics of "Good" Psychodynamic Interventions
7. How to Assess the Impacts of Interventions
Section II: The "Classic" Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Techniques in Contemporary Practice
8. Foundational Techniques Part I
9. Foundational Techniques Part II
10. The Process of Questioning
11. The Process of Clarification
12. The Process of Confrontation
13. The Process of Interpretation
Section III: The Expanded Range of Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques
14. Supportive Therapy Techniques Part I
15. Supportive Therapy Techniques Part II
16. Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
Afterword
Appendix A: Psychodynamic Therapy Manuals and Models
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Section I: Background Information for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Techniques
2. Do we REALLY need Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?
3. Goals of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
4. The Psychodynamic "Stance"
5. The Supportive-Expressive Continuum
6. Characteristics of "Good" Psychodynamic Interventions
7. How to Assess the Impacts of Interventions
Section II: The "Classic" Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Techniques in Contemporary Practice
8. Foundational Techniques Part I
9. Foundational Techniques Part II
10. The Process of Questioning
11. The Process of Clarification
12. The Process of Confrontation
13. The Process of Interpretation
Section III: The Expanded Range of Psychodynamic Therapy Techniques
14. Supportive Therapy Techniques Part I
15. Supportive Therapy Techniques Part II
16. Repairing Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance
Afterword
Appendix A: Psychodynamic Therapy Manuals and Models