Introduction to Psychotherapy: An outline of

This fourth edition of Introduction to Psychotherapy builds on the success of the previous three editions and remains an essential purchase for trainee psychotherapists, psychiatrists and other professionals. It has been revised and extended to capture some of the current themes, controversies and issues relevant to psychotherapy as it is practised today.Bateman has added new chapters on attachment theory and personality disorder and has developed further the research sections on selection and outcome. His new chapter on further therapies covers a variety of therapeutic movements and establishes links between these and classical psychoanalytical therapies.Introduction to Psychotherapy is a classic text that has been successfully updated to provide a relevant and essential introduction for anyone interested in psychotherapy.

Foreword to the first edition	p. vii
Foreword to the second edition	p. ix
Foreword to the third edition	p. xi
Foreword to the fourth edition	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xvii
Psychodynamic principles	p. 1
Introduction to psychodynamic principles	p. 1
Historical background to dynamic psychotherapy	p. 6
The concept of conflict	p. 11
Unconscious processes	p. 14
Anxiety and psychic pain	p. 23
Defence mechanisms	p. 28
Motivational drives	p. 39
Developmental phases	p. 45
Attachment theory	p. 55
Models of the mind	p. 59
Therapeutic relationships	p. 68
Psychodynamic practice	p. 91
Introduction to psychodynamic practice	p. 91
Elements of psychotherapy	p. 95
Levels of psychotherapy	p. 109
Psychoanalysis and analytic psychotherapy	p. 125
Group psychotherapy	p. 153
Family and couple therapy	p. 176
Social therapy	p. 191
Encounter and beyond	p. 205
Further therapies	p. 222
Personality disorder	p. 232
Selection	p. 238
Outcome and research	p. 254
Appendix	p. 275
References	p. 279
Name index	p. 315
Subject index	p. 325
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Introduction to Psychotherapy: An outline of psychodynamic principles and practice, Fourth Edition

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