Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
An accessible primer on the theory and technique of open-ended psychodynamic therapy.
A comprehensive approach to long-term psychotherapy, dealing with both its theoretical underpinnings and its application in clinical practice.
Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy sets out the theory and technique of open-ended psychodynamic work and walks through how a course of treatment actually unfolds. Glen O. Gabbard begins with core concepts, then moves to assessing a patient, writing a psychodynamic formulation, and weighing when the approach fits and when it does not. Chapters follow the working process itself: transference and countertransference, resistance, dreams, working through, and termination.
The book keeps its attention on the reasoning behind what the therapist says and does, using clinical vignettes and sample write-ups to show technique in context. It gives newer clinicians a way to think through moments of uncertainty rather than a fixed script.
This third edition, published in 2017, adds evidence on efficacy, guidance on email, texting and social media between sessions, expanded video material, and a chapter on supervision.
About the author
Glen Owens Gabbard
Glen O. Gabbard is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, born in 1949. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and a training and supervising analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. His work centres on psychodynamic psychiatry, professional boundary violations, and the psychotherapies. He has authored or edited many books and papers, including texts on psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, physician health, and depictions of mental illness in film.
Details
- 2004
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- American Psychiatric Publishing, 3rd ed. (2017)
- 256
- 9781615370535