Essential Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Acquired Art provides an essential, accessible grounding in current psychodynamic theory and practice for a wide range of readers. For trainees, it offers a very useful toolset to help them make the transition from purely theoretical training to the uncharted territory of clinical practice. For more seasoned therapists and those seeking to deepen their understanding of psychodynamic therapy, it provides conceptual clarity.
Key Features
- Introduces how to think and work psychodynamically.
- Grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, drawing on the work of pivotal figures such as Winnicott, Bion, and Ogden.
- Integrates attachment theory and research, with contributions from neuropsychological research.
- Offers a clear-minded understanding of contemporary psychodynamic theory.
- Serves as a valuable guide for new analysts and therapists.
Additional Information
Essential Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Acquired Art is written primarily for those training at a postgraduate level in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, but reaches well beyond that audience. The voice of the book is honest and intimate, and the tone is practical. It translates many of the key theoretical tenets of psychodynamic psychotherapy, providing a clear (but non-formulaic) guide on how to handle the contours of any analytic session, open one’s perceptual and emotional apertures as a clinician, understand "the relationship," and work with common intra- and interpersonal problems patients present.
