Essential Papers on Short-Term Dynamic Therapy (Essential Papers on Psychoanalysis 16)

About this book

In recent years short-term therapies have increasingly gained a following among therapists looking for innovative treatments for patients. At a time in which traditional open-ended psychotherapy is attacked as costly and inefficient short-term therapy has naturally found new followers. This collection of essays form an essential reference book for therapists who practice short-term therapy and those considering this form of treatment. The aim of this volume is to provide a way for therapists to consider short-term therapy evaluate it for individual patients and plan appropriate courses of treatment. The book is divided into four sections that highlight the characteristic elements of short-term dynamic therapy: brevity focus therapist activity and patient selection. The book features papers by Franz Alexander; S. H. Budman and A. S. Gurman; James Mann; Mardi J. Horowitz; Gerald L. Klerman Myrna M. Weissman Bruce Rounsaville and Eve S. Chevron; Eric Berne Claude M. Steiner and John M. Dusay; Thomas E. Schacht Jeffrey L. Binder and Hans H. Strupp; George A. Kelly; Aaron T. Beck and Ruth L. Greenberg; Allen Frances and Samuel Perry; Hans H. Strupp; Leston L. Havens; H. Davanloo; Robert Langs; D. M. Malan; P. E. Sifneos; Miguel A. Leibovich; Allen Frances and John F. Clarkin; David H. Malan E. Sheldon Heath Howard A. Bacal and Frederick H. G. Balfour; Sigmund Freud; and D. W. Winnicott.