Description
Book SynopsisDeliberate practice exercises help trainees achieve competence in essential psychodynamic therapy skills and apply them in a range of clinical situations while honing their own personal style and language.
Table of Contents Series Preface
Tony Rousmaniere and Alexandre Vaz
Acknowledgments
Part I. Overview and Instructions
Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Psychodynamic Therapy
Chapter 2. Instructions for the Psychodynamic Therapy Deliberate Practice Exercises
Part II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Psychodynamic Therapy Skills
Exercises for Intermediate Psychodynamic Therapy Skills
Exercise 1. Engaging in a Therapeutic Inquiry
Exercise 2. Being Aware of Countertransference Reactions
Exercise 3. Deepening Emotional Experience
Exercise 4. Making Process Comments
Exercise 5. Pointing Out Defenses and Inquiring About Underlying Fear
Exercise 6. Introducing the Rationale for Treatment
Exercises for Advanced Psychodynamic Therapy Skills
Exercise 7. Making Transference Interpretations
Exercise 8. Using Metaphors
Exercise 9. Exploring Fantasy
Exercise 10. Case Formulation: Gathering Data for the Cyclical Maladaptive Pattern
Exercise 11. Using Supervision to Recognize Reenactments
Exercise 12. Providing a Corrective Emotional Experience
Comprehensive Exercises
Exercise 13. Annotated Interpersonal–Psychodynamic Therapy Session Transcripts
Exercise 14. Mock Psychodynamic Therapy Sessions
Part III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice Exercises
Chapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice for Dynamic Psychotherapy: Additional Guidance for Trainers and Trainees
Appendix A. Difficulty Assessments and Adjustments
Appendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary Form
Appendix C. Sample Psychodynamic Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises
References
Index
About the Authors
About the Series Editors
