Psychodynamic Formulation (eBook)

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.

Preface x

Acknowledgments xiv

PART ONE Introduction to the Psychodynamic Formulation 1

1 What Is a Psychodynamic Formulation? 3

2 How Do We Create a Psychodynamic Formulation? 10

3 How Do We Use Psychodynamic Formulations? 14

4 Psychodynamic Formulation and Bias 18

5 Who We Are Affects Our Formulations 23

PART TWO DESCRIBE 29

6 Self 35

7 Relationships 44

8 Adapting 53

9 Cognition 62

10 Values 76

11 Work and Play 84

Putting It Together--DESCRIBE Problems And Patterns 93

PART THREE REVIEW 97

12 What We're Born With 105

13 The Earliest Years 121

14 Middle Childhood 135

15 Later Childhood 143

16 Adolescence 149

17 Adulthood 155

Putting It Together--REVIEW a Life Story 161

PART FOUR LINK 165

18 Trauma 169

19 Early Cognitive and Emotional Difficulties 181

20 The Effects of Culture and Society 193

21 Conflict and Defense 205

22 Relationships with Others 214

23 The Development of the Self 225

24 Attachment 235

Putting It Together--LINK to Collaboratively

Create Psychodynamic Formulations 247

PART FIVE Psychodynamic Formulations in Clinical Practice 261

25 Psychodynamic Formulations in Acute Care Settings 263

26 Psychodynamic Formulations in Pharmacologic Treatment 273

27 Psychodynamic Formulations in Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy 282

28 Collaborative Formulations in Clinical Practice 291

End Note 298

Appendix A - An Educator's Guide to Using Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach 299

Appendix B - DESCRIBE, REVIEW, LINK--An Outline 305

Recommended Reading 307

Index 316