Brief Dynamic Therapy (Theories of Psychotherapy Series®)

by Dr. Hanna Levenson PhD

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Author: Dr. Hanna Levenson PhD

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Paperback:
ISBN 10: 143382776X
ISBN 13: 978-1433827761

Brief dynamic therapy is a time-efficient treatment in which the therapist maintains a focus on specific client issues and goals, all within a basic psychodynamic framework. Common characteristics of these approaches include time management, defined focus, circumscribed goals, active therapist participation, rapid assessment, prompt intervention, an awareness of unconscious processes, and techniques that quickly foster a strong alliance with the client.

This concise volume focuses largely on one popular model in particular: time-limited dynamic psychotherapy (TLDP). TLDP is an integrative approach that uses techniques from attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, affective–experiential learning, and systems orientations to help clients with long-standing, dysfunctional ways of relating to others. The author explores this integrative, culturally-sensitive approach, its theory, history, the therapy process, primary change mechanisms, empirical basis, and future developments.

This Revised Edition includes updated case examples, as well as a wealth of new research findings—including process-outcome studies that affirm treatment effectiveness, explain how alliance ruptures are repaired, and new research on the “reconsolidation process” that demonstrates how sudden, dramatic change happens in brief dynamic therapy.

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“Recommended as a core addition to professional and academic library Psychology/Psychiatry collections.” —Midwest Book Review

Book Description

In this concise volume, Hanna Levenson revisits the history, theory, and practice of brief dynamic therapy. This integrative approach uses techniques from attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, affective–experiential learning, and systems orientations to help clients with dysfunctional ways of relating to others.
This Revised Edition includes updated case examples, as well as new research findings—including process-outcome studies that affirm treatment effectiveness, and new research on the “reconsolidation process” that demonstrates how sudden, dramatic change happens in brief dynamic therapy.

About the Author

Hanna Levenson, PhD, has been specializing in the area of brief psychotherapy as a clinician, teacher/trainer, and researcher for 40 years. She is the author of more than 75 papers and two books, the Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (2002) and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide to Clinical Practice (1995), which was selected by the Behavioral Science Book Service as a "book-of-the-month." She also has four professional videos, Making Every Session Count (1999), Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (2008), Brief Dynamic Therapy Over Time (2009), and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: An Integrative Perspective (2017). In 2000, she founded the Levenson Institute for Training, a center where mental health practitioners can receive in-depth training and certification in integrative, focused therapy. Dr. Levenson is a professor of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley.

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