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Principles of psychoanalytic psychotherapy: a manual for supportive-expressive treatment

By Lester Luborsky

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
1984
ISBN
9780465063284, 0465063284
LCC
RC504 .L83 1984
Open Library ID
OL3186234M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3252860 bytes)
Pages
295\295
Topic
Medicine Therapy
Time added
2013-05-29 22:35:35

Description

In this splendid book a master psychotherapist, one of the field’s most respected researchers, provides the first definitive account of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in manual format. What distinguishes this book from other guides to therapy is the way in which the author systematically demystifies the therapeutic process, taking the reader step by step through a sequence of specific intervention strategies.The book offers the essence of psychoanalytic psychotherapy by extracting the treatment principles from Freud’s six papers on technique and the Menninger Foundation tradition of supportive-expressive psychotherapy. At the heart of the expressive techniques is the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method of delineating the transference pattern and providing a focus for the therapist’s responses. Both the short-term and the usual open-ended treatment are presented. Each technique is illustrated by clinical vignettes. Precise measurement scales for each technique make it easy to evaluate the therapist’s performance. Therapists, clinical supervisors, and researchers will all find this book to be a valuable source of practical information and inspiration.

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