Practice Of Supportive Psychotherapy

Name: Practice Of Supportive Psychotherapy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

First published in 1989. This volume reflects the extensive experience of a clinician-educator in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Dr. Werman presents a balanced, comprehensive, detailed, nondoctrinaire, and warm human treatment of the subject. He makes it clear that, while supportive psychotherapy can and should be based on psychodynamic understanding of patients, the technical principles that guide application of such understanding in supportive treatment are quite different from those guiding insight oriented therapy. Careful reflection upon the text and its many clinical examples will suggest that good supportive psychotherapy is extremely difficult and demanding of special skills. > Chapter 1 Supportive Psychotherapy and Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy; Chapter 2 Evaluating the Patient for Therapy; Chapter 3 The Therapeutic Agreement; Chapter 4 Goals of Treatment; Chapter 5 Qualifications of the Therapist; Chapter 6 Behavior of the Therapist; Chapter 7 Strategy and Tactics; Chapr