A Clinical Guide to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Deborah Abrahams is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and chartered clinical psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience, including 15 years in the NHS. She is a dynamic interpersonal therapy (DIT) practitioner, supervisor and trainer as well as Programme Director of DIT at the Anna Freud Centre. Deborah is a senior member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation and has a private psychotherapy practice in North West London offering supervision, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Poul Rohleder is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and chartered clinical psychologist, as well as a dynamic interpersonal therapy practitioner. He has over 15 years’ experience of working in public mental health care systems and in private practice. He is a trustee of the British Psychoanalytic Council and sits on several other professional committees and is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK.

1: Introduction; PART 1: THEORY AND RESEARCH; 2: An overview of psychoanalytic theory; 3: Efficacy and outcome research; PART 2: COMPETENCES; 4: The setting and analytic frame; 5: Assessment and formulation; 6: Anxiety and defences; 7: Mentalising; 8: Unconscious communications; 9: Transference and countertransference; 10: Endings; PART 3: ADAPTATIONS AND PRACTICALITIES; 11: Brief application of psychodynamic work; 12: Challenging situations and clinical dilemmas; 13: Working with difference; 14: Technology and social media