Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Evolving Clinical Practice

Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Evolving Clinical Practice covers the latest applications of psychodynamic therapy for a range of clinical issues, including depression, anxiety, psychosis, borderline personality and trauma. It discusses psychodynamic practice as an evidence-based therapy, providing reviews of outcome and process research. Covering a wide array of treatments tailored for specific disorders and populations, this book is designed to appeal to clinicians and researchers who are looking to broaden their knowledge of the latest treatment strategies, novel applications, and current developments in psychodynamic practice.

• Outlines innovative delivery strategies and techniques
• Features therapies for children, refugees, the LGBT community, and more
• Covers the psychodynamic treatment of eating, psychosomatic and anxiety disorders
• Includes psychotherapy strategies for substance misuse and personality disorders

Table of Contents

1. Theoretical Evolution in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

2. Working with Cyclical Relational Patterns in Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

3. Attachment and Mentalization in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy

4. The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

5. Process Research in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

6. Research Support for Psychodynamic Constructs

7. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Depression

8. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder

9. Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorder

10. Transference Focused Psychotherapy for Narcissistic and Borderline Personality Disorder

11. Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy for Substance Misuse and Comorbid Personality Disorders

12. Psychosis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

13. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Psychosomatic Disorders

14. Psychodynamic Treatment of Eating Disorders

15. Parent-infant Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

16. Psychodynamic Approaches to Child Psychotherapy

17. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Adolescents

18. Psychodynamic Practice and LGBT Communities

19. Working with Immigrants and Refugees in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

20. Psychodynamic Approaches to Trauma and Dissociation

21. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Former Child Soldiers

22. Psychodynamically-informed Treatment for Trauma in the Context of Refugee Crises and Political Violence

23. Internet-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

24. Attachment-Based Family Therapy

25. Psychodynamic Community Intervention

26. Psychodynamically-informed Sport Intervention

27. Psychodynamic Mentorship

28. Psychodynamic Intervention in an Inpatient Medical Setting