Preface xAcknowledgments xivPART ONE Introduction to the Psychodynamic Formulation 11 What Is a Psychodynamic Formulation? 32 How Do We Create a Psychodynamic Formulation? 103 How Do We Use Psychodynamic Formulations? 144 Psychodynamic Formulation and Bias 185 Who We Are Affects Our Formulations 23PART TWO DESCRIBE 296 Self 357 Relationships 448 Adapting 539 Cognition 6210 Values 7611 Work and Play 84Putting It Together--DESCRIBE Problems And Patterns 93PART THREE REVIEW 9712 What We're Born With 10513 The Earliest Years 12114 Middle Childhood 13515 Later Childhood 14316 Adolescence 14917 Adulthood 155Putting It Together--REVIEW a Life Story 161PART FOUR LINK 16518 Trauma 16919 Early Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties 18120 The Effects of Culture and Society 19321 Conflict and Defense 20522 Relationships with Others 21423 The Development of the Self 22524 Attachment 235Putting It Together--LINK to CollaborativelyCreate Psychodynamic Formulations 247PART FIVE Psychodynamic Formulations in Clinical Practice 26125 Psychodynamic Formulations in Acute Care Settings 26326 Psychodynamic Formulations in Pharmacologic Treatment 27327 Psychodynamic Formulations in Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 28228 Collaborative Formulations in Clinical Practice 291End Note 298Appendix A - An Educator's Guide to Using Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach 299Appendix B - DESCRIBE, REVIEW, LINK--An Outline 305Recommended Reading 307Index 316
The Psychodynamic Formulation Collective is a group of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts who came together following George Floyd's murder and nationwide protests against police brutality to address the historical neglect of sociocultural context in psychodynamic formulation, in particular the effect of social oppression.Shirin Ali, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. A graduate of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, she enjoys teaching and supervising psychiatry residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy. In her clinical practice, she focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, culture and identity, and emerging adulthood.Deborah L. Cabaniss, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, associate director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program in the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and a training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Her teaching and writing focus on psychotherapy education, and she practices psychiatry and psychoa-nalysis in New York City.Sabrina Cherry, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. She is also an associate director and training and supervising analyst at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research where she teaches candidates and conducts research on psychoanalytic career development. She practices psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York City.Angela Coombs, an associate medical director at Alameda County Behavioral Health, where she focuses on increasing access to county mental health services and supports clients in East Oakland, California. Her scholarly work focuses on mental health inequities facing Black American populations and other minor-itized and/or marginalized groups.Carolyn J. Douglas, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and an adjunct associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College. She has been closely involved in psychiatric residency training throughout her career, has published several articles about teaching psychodynamic psychotherapy, and has won teaching awards from residents in psychiatry both at Columbia and at Weill-Cornell for her didactic courses and supervision in supportive psychody-namic psychotherapy.Jack Drescher, a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also an adjunct professor at New York University's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and a training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute.Ruth Graver, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She teaches and super-vises at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Teaching and Research where she is currently the co-chair of the Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE), a new program designed to hone skills rele-vant to treating and supervising candidates. Her scholarly interests include clini-cal technique, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic writing. She conducts her clinical practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York City.Sandra Park, a training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has a private practice in Manhattan, and she teaches and supervises at Columbia and Cornell.Aaron Reliford, vice chair for diversity, equity and inclusion and an associate clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at New Y