Psychodynamic formulation / by Deborah L. Cabaniss ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cabaniss, Deborah L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Treatment.

Medical protocols.

Psychotherapy--Methodology.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Summary:

How 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? Constructing psychodynamic formulations is one of the best ways for mental health professionals to answer questions like these. It can help clinicians in all mental health setting understand their patients, set treatment goals, choose therapeutic strategies, construct meaningful interventions and conduct treatment. Despite the centrality of psychodynamic formulation to our

Contents:

What is a psychodynamic formulation?

How do we use psychodynamic formulations?

How do we construct psychodynamic formulations?

Self

Relationships

Adapting

Cognition

Work and play

What we're born with : genetics and prenatal development

The earliest years

Middle childhood

Later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood

Trauma

The role of early cognitive and emotional difficulties

Conflict and defense

Relationships with others

The development of the self

Attachment

Psychodynamic formulation in acute care settings

Psychodynamic formulation in psychopharmacologic treatment

Psychodynamic formulation in psychodynamic psychotherapy

Sharing formulations with our patients.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-55729-8

1-118-55718-2

1-299-38591-5

1-118-55728-X

OCLC:

819741961