Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy

R. Peter Hobson

Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy

R. Peter Hobson
R. Peter HobsonPsychoanalyst and Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Tavistock Clinic, London; San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis; University College, LondonClose

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This book outlines the principles and practice of Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy. An introductory chapter distills those aspects of psychoanalysis that provide a basis for the approach. Special attention is given to how a therapist may promote a patient’s development by registering and containing emotional states that the patient is unable to manage alone. This is followed by an overview of themes and variations in six forms of brief psychodynamic therapy. The remainder of the book is concerned less with theory than with clinical practice. Treatment and Adherence Manuals detail the specifics of therapist orientation and technique, and a formal research study comparing the approach with Interpersonal Therapy is reported. Case histories of individual treatments unfolding over time are complemented by detailed examination of short sequences of patient–therapist dialogue from transcribed sessions. What emerges is a picture of a psychoanalytic treatment that, while brief, is disciplined and coherent in its concentrated focus on analyzing the transference and countertransference in the therapeutic relationship.

Keywords: Brief Psychoanalytic Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, psychoanalytic treatment, Treatment Manual, transference, countertransference, therapeutic relationship

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jun 2016

Print ISBN-13:: 9780198725008

Published online:: Sep 2016

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780198725008.001.0001

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R. Peter Hobson, author Psychoanalyst and Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Tavistock Clinic, London; San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis; University College, London

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