The first of five volumes in the groundbreaking Core Competencies in Psychotherapy series, this exceptionally practical text by a renowned expert introduces students and professionals to the basic principles of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, focusing on long-term dynamic work with adults in individual therapy. Unlike other texts, this compact volume is based on the author's teaching of trainees and is thus directly linked to the types of learning problems encountered by the students who will use this book. Using ...
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The first of five volumes in the groundbreaking Core Competencies in Psychotherapy series, this exceptionally practical text by a renowned expert introduces students and professionals to the basic principles of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy, focusing on long-term dynamic work with adults in individual therapy. Unlike other texts, this compact volume is based on the author's teaching of trainees and is thus directly linked to the types of learning problems encountered by the students who will use this book. Using clinical vignettes, the author shows how to apply the key principles of psychodynamic theory to difficult clinical cases and how to grapple with the dilemmas that often arise in psychotherapeutic work. In 11 concise chapters, the author covers everything from basic psychodynamic principles to patient assessments, starting and terminating therapy, interventions, goals and therapeutic action, resistance, countertransference, and fantasies/dreams, concluding with the optimal use of supervision and how to measure core competency achievement, as mandated by the Residency Review Committee for Psychiatry. This practical text will be welcomed by educators and students alike as an invaluable teaching tool that can be "put to work" right away as a powerful adjunct to supervision, classroom teaching, and clinical experience with a variety of patients.
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