Theory and Practice of Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9781780490632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 462 str.

FERRUCCIO OSIMO

Opis

The book opens with an introduction to and history of the experiential dynamic therapies (EDT) including the groundbreaking Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) of Habib Davanloo and its subsequent development. The centrality of relationship in therapy is emphasized and the current state of the art and science described. Material from interviews with David Malan is presented, sharing some of his experiences, thoughts and insights over decades of clinical practice, research into and promotion of short-term dynamic therapies. The essential ingredients of experiential dynamic therapies are described, and the reader is orientated to the practice of EDT. Key characteristics of taking care of the real relationship, mirroring, history taking, and putting into perspective are also presented. In addition, high technical content, experiential-dynamic interventions, including defense re-structuring, emotional maieutics, anxiety regulation, dealing with the Super-ego, connecting corners of the Triangle of Others, and Self- and Other- Re-structuring are introduced and discussed. A coding system used throughout the clinical chapters to clarify the nature, and application, of therapist interventions is described. The conceptualization of -character hologram- is explained in detail, and illustrated with clinical material.

Throughout the book, annotated extracts from real therapy sessions are presented to illustrate characteristics of EDTs in clinical practice and, wherever possible, follow-up is presented. The clinical chapters describe the application of experiential dynamic individual and group approaches within the UK National Health Service and Counselling Services, primarily, but also in other Countries having similar public health services (Holland, Israel and Italy). The relevance of experiential dynamic approaches in providing case management and supervision, and in treating the more complex presentations of common mental health problems is discussed. A research chapter provides an overview of EDT-related research to date. It is argued that EDTs represent a promising integration of a number of therapeutic principles, and their place within current mental health policy in the National Health Service in the UK is outlined.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- Experiential Dynamic Therapy from History to Theory and Clinics -- A historical overview of experiential dynamic psychotherapies -- David Malan and the genesis of experiential dynamic psychotherapy in the UK 1 , 2 -- The essence of experiential dynamic psychotherapies -- Intensive Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy and application of the character hologram -- Clinical Applications of Experiential Dynamic Therapy -- Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapies in Primary Care Mental Health Services -- Experiential dynamic psychotherapies in the psychological treatment of a patient attending oncology services -- Experiential dynamic psychotherapies in the treatment of psycho-physical trauma -- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and the treatment of poly-symptomatic somatic patients -- Intensive Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy in the treatment of long-standing depression -- Using Intensive Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy to treat an underachieving gifted adolescent -- Experiential dynamic therapy in a university counselling service -- A client’s perspective -- Receiving the invitation to open up -- Training and Research -- Group Intensive Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy in a public mental health service -- Privileging relationships within our places of work: what can the principles of experiential dynamic therapy bring to public services? -- Experiential short-term psychodynamic therapy from the perspective of a cognitive-behaviour therapist: a personal account -- EDT in the context of psychotherapy research and mental health policy in the UK

O autorze

Osimo, Ferruccio