Description
Book SynopsisHow do our patients come to be the way they are? What forces shape their conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings? How can we use this information to best help them? This book offers students and practitioners from all fields of mental health a clear, practical, operationalized method for constructing psychodynamic formulations.
Trade Review“This informative, thoughtfully organized, Cleary written book addresses a central topic that is being ever more exiled into the shadows of psychiatric knowledge and practice.” (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1 December 2014)
"This is the best book I have read on psychodynamic formulation. Clearly written, with a warm, conversational style and numerous clinical examples, this book shows the reader how centrally important a psychodynamic formulation is to understanding the patient and guiding the treatment—not just in psychotherapy—but in all clinical settings. The authors systematically guide the reader in developing skills and building knowledge to construct a psychodynamic formulation and thinking deeply about patients. It is the most comprehensive and accessible learning guide on psychodynamic formulation to date!" (Debra Katz,Vice Chair for Education at the University of Kentucky and Director of Psychiatry Residency Training, USA)
“This highly anticipated companion text to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Manual provides a sophisticated yet easily understandable approach to developing psychodynamic formulations, one of the most challenging and important aspects of learning psychodynamic psychotherapy. Cabaniss and her coauthors understand how to present the complex world of psychodynamic psychotherapy and formulation in a way that beginning students can grasp and apply to their clinical work with patients. The system of developing formulations (Describe-Review-Link) provides focus, clarity and the flexibility to create meaningful ways of understanding our patients that will be of great benefit to both beginners and skilled clinicians. This book is a great advance in the way to approach developing the formulations that are the bedrock of well conceived treatment.” (David A. Goldberg, M.D California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, USA)
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
PART ONE Introduction to the Psychodynamic Formulation 1
1 What is a Psychodynamic Formulation? 3
2 How do We Use Psychodynamic Formulations? 8
3 How do We Construct a Psychodynamic Formulation? 12
PART TWO DESCRIBE 17
4 Self 23
5 Relationships 32
6 Adapting 41
7 Cognition 52
8 Work and Play 61
Putting it Together – A Description of Problems and Patterns 69
PART THREE REVIEW 75
9 What We’re Born with – Genetics and Prenatal Development 81
10 The Earliest Years 90
11 Middle Childhood 101
12 Later Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood 113
Putting it Together – A Developmental History 123
PART FOUR LINK 135
13 Trauma 143
14 Early Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties 152
15 Conflict and Defense 163
16 Relationships with Others 173
17 The Development of the Self 182
18 Attachment 191
Putting it Together–A Psychodynamic Formulation 201
PART FIVE Psychodynamic Formulations in Clinical Practice 213
19 Psychodynamic Formulations in Acute Care Settings 215
20 Psychodynamic Formulation in Pharmacologic Treatment 222
21 Psychodynamic Formulation in Long-Term Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy: Revising Over Time 230
22 Sharing Formulations with Our Patients 238
Epilogue 247
Appendix – How to Use Psychodynamic Formulation: A Guide for Educators 249
Recommended Reading 253
Index 259
