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Psychodynamic theory for clinicians / David Bienenfeld

By: David Bienenfeld.
Series: Psychotherapy in clinical practice: Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2005Description: p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780781799492.Subject(s): Psychodynamic psychotherapy | Psychoanalysis | Psychoanalytic Theory -- Case Reports | Psychoanalytic Therapy -- methods -- Case Reports | Psychotherapy | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8914 Summary: Incorporating essential therapeutic principles into clinically relevant patient management, this work explains the major psychodynamic theories and shows how they provide a framework for clinical reasoning throughout the process of psychotherapy.
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The Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice series incorporates essential therapeutic principles into clinically relevant patient management. This first volume, Psychodynamic Theory for Clinicians , explains the major psychodynamic theories and shows how they provide a framework for clinical reasoning throughout the process of psychotherapy.



Several clinical cases are presented at the beginning of the book and discussed throughout the text so readers can follow these patients in the context of each theoretical approach. Each chapter begins with learning objectives, ends with review points, and includes numerous tables, graphs, and bullet points. Appendices include a glossary, case formulation guidelines, and a comparison of psychodynamic and cognitive models.

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Incorporating essential therapeutic principles into clinically relevant patient management, this work explains the major psychodynamic theories and shows how they provide a framework for clinical reasoning throughout the process of psychotherapy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Drive Psychology
  • 2 Dissent
  • 3 Ego Psychology
  • 4 Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
  • 5 Object Relations Theory
  • 6 Self Psychology
  • 7 Affect and Psychopathology
  • 8 Therapy and Cure I: Drive and EgoPsychologies
  • 9 Therapy and Cure II:The Relational PsychologiesAppendices
  • A Glossary of Psychodynamic Terminology
  • B Chronology of Major Contributors toPsychodynamic Theory
  • C An Outline for Comprehensive PsychodynamicFormulation
  • Comparison of Psychodynamic and Cognitive Models
  • Index