Description
Book SynopsisThe Therapeutic Process presents an informative, sequential, well-defined, and clinically rich guide to the process of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Specifically designed to have broad appeal and value for the beginning clinician as well as the more experienced clinician, this book includes many illustrative examples and well-defined terms.
Trade ReviewReaders who approach a new introductory textbook of psychodynamic psychotherapy with skepticism about finding freshness will be gratified by this effort by Thompson and Cotlove. The authors have created a multitheoretical and up-to-date textbook that succeeds in reaching their stated intended audiences: beginning and more experienced clinicians and those who teach psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The Therapeutic Process succeeds in many ways. Physically it is a tidy package of good publishing quality. It is a pleasure to read and read again. This book is strongly recommended as a teaching aid, especially for psychiatry resident courses and for analytic institute extension courses. * Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry *
The Therapeutic Process provides a broad context for an approach to the understanding of the development of character and to the development of the therapeutic process, all presented in a way that engages the reader while simultaneously elucidating complex ideas. Vast amounts of material are presented in a compelling and lucid narrative, and in a language that is available to the sophisticated patient, to trainees, and to educators of psychotherapy or psychoanalysis. The authors present different theoretical models with lucidity and balance, integrating models across many dimensions in the explanation of concepts such as transference, resistance and regression. Clinical vignettes then breathe life and humanity into these theoretical concepts. As with any excellent book, I was sorry when this one ended. -- M. Christina Benson, M.D., UCLA School of Medicine and Neuropsychiatric Institute
In this uncommon introduction to the psychodynamic therapeutic process, Thompson and Cotlove bring a clarity of thought, an ease of expression, and a richness of clinical illustrations that make the cloudy clear and the difficult accessible. What is most striking is their integration of the breadth of modern pluralism with the depth of psychoanalytic dynamic experience, all in a way that carries the reader along. If there were a Merck Manual of the dynamic therapeutic process, this would be it. -- Warren S. Poland M.D., Author of Melting the Darkness: The Dyad and Principles of Clinical Practice
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Goals of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Chapter 2 Initial Evaluation of the Patient Chapter 3 Formulation Chapter 4 Listening Chapter 5 Resistance and Defense Chapter 6 Transference Chapter 7 Empathy and Countertransference Chapter 8 Interpretations Chapter 9 Working Through Chapter 10 Termination
