Psychodynamic Psychotherapy A Clinical Manual [Hardcover]

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Use of This Manual xv

About the CompanionWebsite xvii

Introduction xix

PART ONE What Is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy? 1

1 The Treatment for a Mind in Motion 3

2 How Does Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Work? 8

PART TWO Assessment 15

3 Creating a Safe Place and Conducting an Assessment 17

4 Assessing Domains of Function 27

5 The Initial Formulation 47

6 Indications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 57

PART THREE Beginning the Treatment 69

7 Informed Consent and Collaborative Goal Setting 71

8 Setting the Frame and Establishing Boundaries 80

9 Developing a Therapeutic Alliance 94

10 Technical Neutrality 103

11 Conducting a Psychotherapy Session 111

12 Our Patients’ Feelings about Us and Our Feelings about Our Patients 120

13 Empathic Listening 129

14 Looking for Meaning 138

15 Medication and Therapy 142

PART FOUR Listen/Reflect/Intervene 151

16 Learning to Listen 153

17 Learning to Reflect 159

18 Learning to Intervene 169

PART FIVE Conducting a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Technique 201

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