Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Evaluation and Technique
Short-term psychotherapy, although brief, is not ephemeral. In the decade or two of its existence, it has grown into a sturdy tree, and a sign of its maturity is the fact that it is now the subject of an increasing number of overview articles summarizing
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TOPICS IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY Series Editor:
John C. Nemiah, M.D. Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Beth Israel Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
HYPNOSIS Fred H. Frankel, M.B.Ch.B., D.P.M. THE FRONTIER OF BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY David H. Malan, D.M., F.R.C. Psych. THE PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., and Stephen C. Schoonover, M.D. SOCIOCULTURAL ROOTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS: An Epidemiologic Survey John J. Schwab, M.D., and Mary E. Schwab, M.D. SHORT-TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: Evaluation and Technique Peter E. Sifneos, M.D.
Short-Terll1 Dynamic Psychotherapy Evaluation and Technique Peter E. Sifneos, M.D. Harvard Medical School
PLENUM MEDICAL BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sifneos, Peter E Short-term dynamic psychotherapy. (Topics in general psychiatry) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Psychotherapy. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Psychotherapy, Brief. 2. Interview, Psychological. 3. Anxiety. WM420.3 S573s) RC480.S45 616.8'914 78-27561 ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-3532-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-3530-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-3530-6
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Foreword Short-term psychotherapy, although brief, is not ephemeral. In the decade or two of its existence, it has grown into a sturdy tree, and a sign of its maturity is the fact that it is now the subject of an increasing number of overview articles summarizing its literature and findings. Yet it remains a young and vigorous discipline. Its pioneers have not been elevated to a pantheon of venerable but mute immortals; on the contrary, they are to be found at the forefront of the field, actively contributing to the development of its theory and practice. This volume is ample testimony to their continued creativity. Dr. Sifneos has lectured and written extensively about short-term anxiety-provoking psychotherapy (STAPP). Based on psychoanalytic principles, STAPP aims to resolve pathological psychic conflicts and help those suffering from them to learn new ways of being in their most intimate relationships. It does so by actively focusing the patients' sights on their Oedipal problems, and its effectiveness (given a proper selection of subjects by specific criteria) has been amply documented in controlled clinical studies. One of the significant virtues of Dr. Sifneos's therapeutic techniques is that they can be systematically taught to the aspiring psychotherapist. Dr. Sifneos has touched briefly on his procedures here and there thro
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