Psychodynamic Psychotherapy : a Global Perspective / Yakov Shapiro, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shapiro, Yakov, editor.

Series:

Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.

Psychiatry - Theory, Applications and Treatments Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"This volume represents a state-of-the-art introduction to the science and the art of psychodynamic psychotherapy and its diverse applications in clinical work. It highlights the unique features of a psychodynamic approach that focuses on the patient's systems of meaning and the quality of the treatment relationship, which form the foundation for individualized medicine in both psychology and psychiatry, including psychopharmacological treatment. The readers will be able to appreciate the richness and scope of the psychodynamic field, and its unique place in the landscape of psychotherapeutic approaches available today. The book's contributions include multinational perspectives from clinicians and researchers in Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, and USA, and cover a wide range of therapeutic approaches, from historical and integrative aspects to dream analysis, group therapy, sensorimotor and mentalization-based treatment, neuropsychoanalysis, grief and trauma work. It is intended for a wide spectrum of readership, from psychology and psychiatry trainees to beginning and seasoned clinical practitioners, psychiatrists, researchers, and interested members of the general public"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Part 1: General Models

Chapter 1

That Was Then, This Is Now: An Introduction to Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy(

Abstract

Author's Note

Roots of Misunderstanding

What It Isn't

A Comment on Terminology

Foundations

Unconscious Mental Life

The Mind in Conflict

The Past Lives on in the Present

Transference

Defense

Psychological Causation

What's Good for the Goose

Disclaimer

References

The Author's Biography

Jonathan Shedler, PhD

Chapter 2

Psychodynamic Psychiatry as an Integrative Framework in Mental Health: From Evidence-Based Algorithms to Individualized Mental Health Provision

Introduction: The Need for Integrated Treatment in Mental Health

Psychodynamic Psychiatry as a Synthesis of Objective, Subjective, and Intersubjective Science

Systemic Psychobiology

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: The Most Effective Treatment in Psychiatry?

Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: How versus What to Prescribe

Individualized Treatment: From Evidence-Based Practice to Evidence-Based Principles of Care

What Treatment?

Treatment Type

Treatment Dosing

Treatment Context

By Whom?

This Individual

That Specific Problem

Which Set of [Treatment] Circumstances?

Clinical Vignette

Discussion

Conclusion: Gordon Paul's Challenge for the 21st Century

Authors' Biographies

Yakov Shapiro, MD

J. Rowan Scott, MD

Chapter 3

Psychodynamic Therapy from an Integrative Vantage Point

Introduction

Where Do We Start? Assimilative Integration

Defining Elements of a Psychodynamic Approach

Clinical Implications of Freud's Revised Theory of Anxiety and Repression

Renunciation or Acceptance?

Psychodynamic Therapy and Exposure

The Integration of Exposure and Exploration: A Case Example.

Psychodynamic and Acceptance-Centered Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives

Acceptance and Humanistic-Experiential Therapies

Integrating Attachment

Attachment and the Path from Past to Present

Individual and System, Present and Past

Conclusion

Author's Biography

Paul Wachtel, PhD

Chapter 4

Synchronicity in Psychotherapy

Recognition of Synchronicity as It Unfolds

Potential Sources and Explanations of Synchronicity

Value of Synchronicity in the Therapeutic Process

Juliet Trail, PhD

Bernard Beitman, MD

Chapter 5

A Fractal Epistemology as an Integrative Framework for Research and Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Introduction: Towards a Meta-Reductive Natural Science

Complexity Science in Psychology

A Fractal Epistemology for a Scientific Psychology

Fractal Principles in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

A Fractal Epistemology Focuses Clinical Attention on Self-Similar Patterns That Lie at the Core of Both Psychopathology and Adaptive Functioning

In its widest sense, psychodynamic psychotherapy aims at uncovering and modifying dysfunctional patterns of feeling, thinking, and relating that cause distress and bring the patient to treatment. Such patterns are self-similar in that they manifest in...

A Fractal Epistemology Operates with Fuzzy Boundaries That Allow Interpenetration of Seemingly Separate Domains

Within clinical practice, the concept of psychological boundaries has been central yet difficult to define precisely. Whether referring to healthy boundaries between therapist and client

sexual boundaries between partners

emotional boundaries betwee.

Fractal Measurement Illuminates Observer Dependence, Whereby What We See Is a Function of How We Look

A Fractal Epistemology Highlights Idiosyncratic, Unique, and Rare Events by Utilizing Power Law Distributions That Focus on the Outliers Rather Than on Central Tendencies

A Fractal Epistemology Captures Paradoxical Insights Related to Clinical Intuition And Uncanny Knowing, Including the Ability to Hold Ambiguity, Paradox, and Uncertainty

One of the most difficult experiences for human beings is tolerating ambiguity and uncertainty about the future. Within development, the extreme example of this is disorganized attachment, wherein the primary caregiver's responses to the child are too...

Conclusion: Fractal Consciousness as an Integrative Foundation for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research

Author's Biographies

Terry Marks-Tarlow, PhD

Part 2: Clinical Approaches

Chapter 6

Psychodynamic Group Therapy

Shared Assumptions

Historic Models of Psychodynamic Group Therapy

Psychoanalytic Models

The Classical Psychoanalytic Model

Self-Psychological and Intersubjective Models

Modern Group Analysis

The Group Analytic Model

The French Model: Lacan, Laplanche, and Kaës

Interpersonal Models

Yalom's Interpersonal Model

Group Dynamic Models

Kurt Lewin and T-Groups

Bion and Tavistock Human Relations Groups

Agazarian's Systems Centered Approach

Convergences in Contemporary Psychodynamic Group Therapy

The Relational Turn

The Expanded Group Frame

Confidentiality and Anonymity

Neutrality, Abstinence, and Self-Disclosure

Words, Action, Enaction

Transference-Countertransference: Vertical and Horizontal

Group Process, Structure, and Maintenance

"G" Forces.

Group Process: An Imaginary Concept with Experiential Properties

Phases of Group

Who Belongs in Group?

Combined Treatment: A Unified Therapeutic Field

Group vs Therapist Centered Processes

Impasses and Opportunities

Aggression in Conflict and Growth Models

The "3Rs" of Group Process: Resistance, Rebellion, and Refusal

Resistance

Rebellion

Refusal

Fixed Patterns of Communication: Narratives, Irruptions, and Polarization

Factual Truth, Psychic Truth, and Falsity

Social Narratives

Polarized Narratives and Enactments

Deconstructive Discourse

What Is Deconstruction?

The Therapist's "Two Faces"

Performative Features

Words and Speech Acts

Targeting Deconstructive Interventions

Acknowledgments

Richard Billow, PhD

Chapter 7

Dreams and Their Relationship to the Course of Psychotherapy

Psychotherapeutic Dream Theories

Overview of Empirical Dream Research with Relevance for Psychotherapy

Clinical Dream Research

The Research Project "Structural Dream Analysis"

The Phases of Research with SDA

The Theoretical Model

Symbolization

Hypotheses Tested in Further Research

Methods

Data Material/Samples

Statistical Analyses

Case-By-Case Analysis

Results

Connection between Initial Level of Psychopathology and Dominant Dream Patterns at Initiation of Therapy

All-Dreams Sample Analyses

Counterexamples

Single Case In-Depth Studies

Amalia X

The case of C.L.

A Short-Term Therapy Case

Supporting Studies

Conclusion: Clinical Impact of the Theory and Findings Presented Here

Limitations of the Methodology and Outlook on Future Research

Christian Roesler, PhD

Chapter 8.

Working with Spontaneously Arising Somatic Resources in the Treatment of Trauma: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Perspective

Defining Trauma

The Window of Tolerance and the Polyvagal Theory

Relational Trauma

Collective Trauma and Cumulative Trauma

A Phased Approach to Trauma Treatment

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Processing Relational Trauma

Mindfulness and Presence

Organicity

Mind/Body/Spirit Holism

Unity

Nonviolence

Relational Alchemy

Somatic Resources

Working with Somatic Resources

Case Study: Working with Simone (she/her)

A Session Exploring a Spontaneously Emerging Somatic Resource

Accessing the Pattern of Body Tension and an Emerging Somatic Resource

Deepening into the Emerging Resource

Working with Meaning

Discussion: Movements and Gestures as Resources

Working with Implicit Relational Expectations

An Important Note about the Teaching of Resources

Katrina Curry, MA, LMFT, RMFT, RCC, RCAT, RYT

Pat Ogden, PhD

Chapter 9

The Relational Self in Psychotherapy: Intersubjective and Intrasubjective Synchrony in Interpersonal Space

Introduction: The Layers of the Self as the Target of Psychotherapy

The Self and Its Layers from a Brain Perspective: Intero-Exteroceptive and Extero-Proprioceptive Self

Intersubjective and Intrasubjective Synchrony in the Unfolding of the Relational Self

Intrasubjective Synchrony within Brain and Body in the Intero-Exteroceptive Self

The Influence of Intrasubjective Synchrony on the Emotional Experience

The Regulation of Personal Space as a Bridge between Intero-Exteroceptive and Extero-proprioceptive Self.

Proxemics and Intersubjective Synchrony in the Extero-Proprioceptive Self.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

979-88-95301-09-8