Essential Papers on Short-Term Dynamic Therapy

In recent years, short-term therapies have increasingly gained a following among therapists looking for innovative treatments for patients. At a time in which traditional, open-ended psychotherapy is attacked as costly and inefficient, short-term therapy has naturally found new followers. This collection of essays form an essential reference book for therapists who practice short-term therapy and those considering this form of treatment. The aim of this volume is to provide a way for therapists to consider short-term therapy, evaluate it for individual patients, and plan appropriate courses of treatment.The book is divided into four sections that highlight the characteristic elements of short-term dynamic therapy: brevity, focus, therapist activity, and patient selection. The book features papers by Franz Alexander; S. H. Budman and A. S. Gurman; James Mann; Mardi J. Horowitz; Gerald L. Klerman, Myrna M. Weissman, Bruce Rounsaville, and Eve S. Chevron; Eric Berne, Claude M. Steiner, and John M. Dusay; Thomas E. Schacht, Jeffrey L. Binder, and Hans H. Strupp; George A. Kelly; Aaron T. Beck and Ruth L. Greenberg; Allen Frances and Samuel Perry; Hans H. Strupp; Leston L. Havens; H. Davanloo; Robert Langs; D. M. Malan; P. E. Sifneos; Miguel A. Leibovich; Allen Frances and John F. Clarkin; David H. Malan, E. Sheldon Heath, Howard A. Bacal, and Frederick H. G. Balfour; Sigmund Freud; and D. W. Winnicott.

Preface
Introduction: Four "Essences" of Short-Term Therapy: Brevity, Focus, Activity, Selectivity	p. 1
Brevity: Rigidity and Length of Time Frame	p. 27
The Principle of Flexibility	p. 29
Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy	p. 43
Time-Limited Psychotherapy	p. 66
Treatment Focus: The Patient in the Outside World	p. 97
Stress Response Syndromes: Character Style and Dynamic Psychotherapy	p. 101
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression	p. 134
Transactional Analysis	p. 149
The Dynamic Focus	p. 171
Fixed Role Therapy	p. 202
Brief Cognitive Therapies	p. 230
Therapist Activity: Focusing on (Or Away from) the Unconscious	p. 249
Transference Interpretations in Focal Therapy	p. 253
Psychoanalysis, " Focal Psychotherapy," and the Nature of the Therapeutic Influence	p. 264
Explorations in the Uses of Language in Psychotherapy	p. 286
Unlocking the Unconscious	p. 300
The Interactional Dimension of Countertransference	p. 335
The Case of "Mrs. X"	p. 366
Patient Selection: In Sickness and in Health	p. 377
The Frontier of Brief Psychotherapy	p. 381
Two Different Kinds of Psychotherapy of Short Duration	p. 400
Short-Term Psychotherapy and Emotional Crisis	p. 409
Why Short-Term Psychotherapy for Borderlines?	p. 437
Brevity Revisited: When Less Means More	p. 447
No Treatment As the Prescription of Choice	p. 449
Psychodynamic Changes in Untreated Neurotic Patients: Apparently Genuine Improvements	p. 461
Katharina	p. 507
Basis for Self in Body	p. 516
Index	p. 527
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