Brief dynamic psychotherapy.

In this short report I shall first discuss the history of" brief dynamic psychotherapy. I will then compare short term and long term dynamic psychotherapy: What are their aims; can short dynamic therapy bring about lasting structural changes in the personality; and the impact of short term therapy on the therapeutic relationship. I will look into the concepts of enthusiasm and expectation of the therapist as they apply to short term therapy. Other factors important to short term psychotherapy are selection of patients, technique and matching the patient to a particular technique. I shall also deal with the concept of interpretation, transference and keeping to a consistent focus throughout therapy. The length and termination of brief therapy, the concept of time, and the activity of the therapist as opposed to the passivity of psychoanalysis, are other essential features of short-term therapy. I shall compare the results of brief behavioural therapy with brief analytical therapy and finally mention the implications of one-session analytical psych

Bias Effects and Awareness in Studies of Verbal Conditioning

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Fear of death or of murder? Challenges confronted in the modified psychoanalytic setting established by forensic psychotherapy

The fear, not only of death, but also of murder could be closely related in the forensic patient when gross, unconscious, archaic memories of loss and despair may be evoked by transferential interpretations within therapeutic relationships. This could produce compelling and potent feelings of revenge and acting out, which would need to be contained. When the fear of death occurs in the therapist’s countertransference feelings, beyond the secure settings of forensic psychotherapy, massive acting out may occur in the therapist to counteract his or her own threat of death. Karl A. Menninger (1938) wondered: “Is it hard for the reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt about it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.

Complexity of referrals to a specialist psychotherapy service

Consecutive referrals to a specialist psychotherapy service were analysed for complexity. Some 71% had a severe enduring mental illness or personality disorder. Two-thirds of the rest had added psychosocial or behavioural complexity. Only 9% had no severe enduring mental illness, personality disorder, or added complexity; nearly half of these had somatoform disorder. Only 2% of the patients had uncomplicated depression or anxiety disorders. Patients treated in this psychotherapy service are substantially different from those on whom NICE bases its guidance for the treatment of depression and anxiety, and for whom IAPT was conceived, it functions as a de facto complex case service

The encyclopedia of trauma and traumatic stress disorders/ Doctor

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