Assessment in Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9780367323363 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 176 str.

Helen Alfille; Judy Cooper

Opis

This book explores the assessment for psychoanalytic psychotherapy from various perspectives. It bridges the two disciplines of medicine and psychotherapy, showing where general practitioners might be able to make an appropriate referral for therapy.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Assessment for psychoanalytic psychotherapy: an overview of the literature -- Where referrals come from and some links with general practice -- The difference between diagnosis and assessment in psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- Once-weekly or more intensive therapy -- The significance of the opening story -- The assessment consultation -- Transference and countertransference in the assessment consultation -- Boundaries and difficulties in assessment -- Contraindications for psychodynamic psychotherapy -- Conclusions

O autorze

Alfille, Helen