Psychodynamics, Training, and Outcome in Brief Psychotherapy

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
What this book is about, Pages v-vi
Acknowledgments, Page vii
1 - Beginning at the end, Pages 3-11
2 - The present study: background, aims, methods, Pages 12-17
3 - Measuring outcome, Pages 18-23
4 - Overview of the present study and its results, Pages 24-29
5 - The therapists, Pages 30-32
6 - Therapeutic technique and the two therapeutic triangles, Pages 33-37
7 - The conservative and radical techniques: two patients with favourable outcome, Pages 41-58
8 - Two further patients with favourable outcome, Pages 59-70
9 - Two male patients with Oedipal problems, Pages 71-85
10 - A woman patient with Oedipal problems, Pages 86-91
11 - The seven ‘best’ cases, discussion, Pages 92-95
12 - False solutions: I General: II Two patients with relatively adaptive false solutions, Pages 96-105
13 - False solutions: III Three patients with less adaptive false solutions: IV General discussion, Pages 106-124
14 - Two women patients who showed limited improvements, Pages 125-132
15 - Patients who showed minimal improvements, Pages 133-153
16 - Patients who showed no improvement, Pages 154-173
17 - Discussion of the five patients who showed minimal or no improvement, Pages 174-175
18 - Patients who were worse: I Three patients who were wrongly diagnosed at initial assessment, Pages 176-196
19 - Patients who were worse: II A patient who ought to have given a favourable outcome, Pages 197-203
20 - A calculated risk ending in catastrophe, Pages 204-209
21 - The five patients who were worse: discussion, Pages 210-211
22 - Types of change: general, Pages 215-218
23 - Emotional freeing, Pages 219-222
24 - Resolution of maladaptive behaviour patterns, Pages 223-228
25 - The ability to ‘be oneself’, Pages 229-233
26 - Symptoms, Pages 234-238
27 - Relations with the opposite sex: I Clinical material, Pages 239-251
28 - Relations with the opposite sex: II Problems of commitment, Pages 252-255
29 - Problems of aggression and self-assertion: I General, Pages 256-258
30 - Problems of aggression and self-assertion: II Clinical material, Pages 259-270
31 - Problems of aggression and self-assertion: III Discussion, Pages 271-275
32 - Therapeutic effects during therapy, Pages 279-285
33 - Can the improvements be attributed to therapy?, Pages 286-297
34 - Selection criteria, Pages 298-303
35 - Further research results, Pages 304-305
36 - The practical and theoretical value of the work: I For trainees, supervisors, and psychotherapists in general, Pages 309-322
37 - The practical value of the work: II For psychotherapeutic clinics III For patients, Pages 323-326
References, Page 327
Index, Pages 329-336