Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (a Basic Text)

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By (author) Gabbard, Glen O.; Series edited by Gabbard, Glen O.

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Because it provides clear instruction for getting started in the practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy, Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text has found a grateful audience of psychiatric residents and other mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, and nurses. This new edition continues the tradition of exposing beginners to the basic features of the psychodynamic approach while also challenging them to think in a sophisticated way about the complexities of their patients. Each chapter has been revised to reflect advances in the field and the new data relevant to the practice of dynamic therapy. Therapeutic topics are brought to life through accompanying online videos, which have been expanded for this edition, providing students and residents a visual reference to the text through case study vignettes of a senior clinician at work. In addition to trainees, training directors will find this edition helpful in evaluating competency in their educational programs.Practical, hands-on, and rich with clinical detail, Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text provides readers with a clear road map to greater understanding, consolidation of knowledge, and the acquisition of psychodynamic skills.

Endorsement:

I have used Gabbard”s basic text for my introductory course in long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy since 2009, and my residents love it! Not only does it give them an acceptable amount of theoretical and conceptual knowledge, but it complements and enriches the weekly clinical work with their patients. As in the second edition, the accompanying videos (now with five illustrations) serve a key added function, that is, observing a seasoned therapist masterfully tackle some of the most common challenges with this modality of treatment. “What Does Research Tell Us?” in Chapter 1 and “Boundaries in Cyberspace” in Chapter 3 are welcome additions and highlight the cutting-edge nature of this latest edition.

Endorsement:

With this volume, Glen Gabbard provides a companion for the often lonely psychodynamic psychotherapist. This is not a “how to do it” manual, but rather a mentor, a guide, a friend. It shares the wisdom of a senior colleague, with topics ranging from the clinically relevant dimensions of several major theories; through the growing empirical research base, the ideas and models that are beginning to emerge from studies in basic neurobiology; to sophisticated contemporary reviews of such familiar clinical issues as assessment and initiating therapy, transference, countertransference, resistance, dreams, and termination. Any therapist, but particularly any beginning therapist, will find a wise friend and feel less alone with this volume on his or her shelf.

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Long Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text, is a comprehensive, clear, and lucid overview of the theoretical fundaments, the essential tools, and the practical applications of this essential psychotherapeutic modality. From the clarity of the definition of concepts and methods, to the practical illustrations of their application to a broad variety of clinical situations, this book provides an updated, highly interesting and useful guide to the psychotherapist in training. The updated review of empirical research on the effectiveness of this treatment, and of the developing knowledge regarding the neurobiological systems involved in the activation of psychic conflicts, Gabbard”s volume places psychodynamic psychotherapy within the cutting edge of contemporary therapeutic advances in the treatment of the mental illness.