Talk is not enough : how psychotherapy really works / by Willard Gaylin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaylin, Willard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How psychotherapy really works

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 2000.

Summary:

Although more people than ever are in psychotherapy, confusion about what it is, who needs it, and who doesn't still exists. Drawing on over thirty years of experience as a psychotherapist, analyst, and teacher, Dr. Gaylin addresses the fundamentals of the therapeutic process. How does therapy work? Can "talking" truly precipitate a change in behavior? Why do therapists rely so heavily on childhood experiences? Does the past really affect the present? Gaylin speaks plainly but profoundly about the art of therapy, what the roles of the patient and therapist should be, and what it takes, on the part of each, for a patient to get better. The result is an enlightening tour through one of the most misunderstood sciences of our time.-- As insurance companies limit the number of therapy sessions they will cover and people look for quick-fix "cures" for their psychological ailments, Dr. Gaylin explains the importance of long-term therapy.-- This book has a natural audience of people in therapy. Current estimates put this number at 15 million.-- Dr. Gaylin has a private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

Contents:

Introduction: Getting Help 3

I. Gaining Knowledge 13

1. Who Needs Help? 15

2. The Nondirective Interview 31

3. Psychoanalytic Tools I: Free Association, Transference, and the Couch 52

4. Psychoanalytic Tools II: Dreams and Fantasies 79

II. Using Knowledge 95

5. A Psychological Understanding of Behavior 97

6. Catharsis 114

7. Insight 126

8. Psychodynamics: Looking to the Past 148

9. Defenses: Looking at the Present 173

III. Beyond Knowledge 195

10. The Therapeutic Alliance 197

11. The Corrective Emotional Experience 217

12. Advice, Counseling, and Values 245

IV. Out of the Office and Into Life 269

13. Supporting the Will 271

14. Magic and Mystery 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0316303089

OCLC:

42072225