Psychodynamic Therapy
Subtitle: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780203893296
Subjects: Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis; Mental illness; Treatment
Description: Intends to reintroduce psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory to the practice of clinical psychology. This book is designed to demonstrate to its readers that psychoanalytic theory affects much of what is done in clincial practice today.
Table of contents: title: Front cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Basic Principles of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theory; Chapter 3. The Evolution of Theory I: Drive, Ego, Object, and Self; Chapter 4. The Evolution of Theory II: Integration and Expansion; Chapter 5. Basic Principles of Treatment; Chapter 6. Empirical Studies of Psychanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Chapter 7. Theories and Empirical Studies of Therapeutic Action; Chapter 8. Cognitive Neuroscience; Chapter 9. Diagnosis and Assessment; Chapter 10. Case Study; References; Index; Back cover.