Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation

Linda L. Michaels is the chair and co-founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), consulting editor of Psychoanalytic Inquiry, clinical associate faculty of the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, and fellow of the Lauder Institute Global MBA program. She is a psychologist with a private practice in Chicago. Tom Wooldridge is chair in the Department of Psychology at Golden Gate University as well as a psychoanalyst and board-certified, licensed psychologist. He has published several books and numerous journal articles and book chapters on topics such as eating disorders, masculinity, technology, and psychoanalytic treatment. He is on the Scientific Advisory Council of the National Eating Disorders Association, faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) and the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (NCSPP), an assistant clinical professor at UCSF’s Medical School, and has a private practice in Berkeley, CA. Nancy Burke is an associate clinical professor, Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University, past president, board member and faculty at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis, vice-chair of EMHS-NFP, and secretary of ISPS-US and ABAPsa. She is the originating founder of PsiAN. She maintains a private practice of psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and consultation in Evanston IL. Janice R. Muhr is the treasurer and co-founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN) and clinical associate faculty at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. She is a psychologist with a psychotherapy practice in the Chicago area for over 40 years.

Introduction 1. Psychothearpy Action Network: Seeing Beyond the Crossroads Section I: The Social, Political, and Economic Context 2. CBF: Cognitive Behavioural Fallacies 3. The Cost-Effectiveness of Dynamic Psychotherapy: The Obstacles, The Law and a Landmark Lawsuit 4. In Name Only? Mental Health Parity or Illusory Reform 5. The Exclusion of Psychoanalysis in Academic and Orgaznied U.S. Psychology: On Voodooism, Witch-Hunts and the Legion of Followers 6. The Psycho-Politics of Evidence Based Practice and the Assault on Our Mental Health and Mental Health Care Section II: Therapies of Depth, Insight, and Relationship 7. Relational Healing in Psychotherapy: Reaching Beyond the Research 8. Two Perspectives of Mental Distress 9. Diagnosis and Its Discontents: Reflections on Our Current Dilemma 10. Toward a Science of the Heart: Romanticism and the Revival of Psychology Section III: Implications and Future Actions 11. Going Beneath the Surface: What People Want From Therapy 12. Mirror And Window: What Each Reveals 13. Psychoanalytic Applications in a Diverse Society 14. The Rights of Children 15. Long-term Treatment in the Rearview Mirror Epilogue: Stepping Towards the Future: PsiAN's Vision