The psychodynamic approach to therapeutic change - Leiper, Rob (Sage Publications, 2004)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index
Cover; Contents; List of Boxes, Tables and Figures; Preface; Part I: Change and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Chapter 1 -- The Dynamics of Change; Chapter 2 -- Pshcyodynamics: A Changing Theory; Part II: Processes of Change: A Framework; Chapter 3 -- Expression: Releasing the Mind; Chapter 4 -- Understanding: Discovering Meaning; Chapter 5 -- Relationship: Rediscovering the Other; Chapter 6 -- Regression: Contacting the Unconscious; Chapter 7 -- Differentiation: Working Through Limitation and Loss; Chapter 8 -- Creation: Constructing New Forms of Experience; Part III: Contexts and Conclusions
Ìt is well written and well organized and I'm sure it will be of help and interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with the therapeutic action of psychodynamic treatment' - Penelope Waite, Nurturing Potential. The Psychodynamic Approach to Therapeutic Change explores the nature of psychological change from the psychodynamic perspective and describes the process through which clients can be helped to come to terms with painful experiences and develop new ways of relating. In the first part of the book, the authors look at therapeutic change in relation to psychological health and ma