Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice (Current Clinical Psychiatry)

The importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this excellent new volume. In __Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice__, the editors provide evidence that supports this type of research for two primary reasons. The first reason concerns the current marginalization of psychodynamic work within the mental health field. Sound empirical research has the potential to affirm the important role that psychodynamic theory and treatment have in modern psychiatry and psychology. The second reason that research is crucial to the future of psychodynamic work concerns the role that systematic empirical investigations can have in developing and refining effective approaches to a variety of clinical problems. Empirical research functions as a check on subjectivity and theoretical alliances in on-going attempts to determine the approaches most helpful in working with patients clinically. __Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice__ brings together a panel of distinguished clinician-researchers who have been publishing their findings for decades. This important new book provides compelling evidence that psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many common psychological problems. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Review of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies....Pages 3-27 Psychodynamic Treatment of Panic Disorder....Pages 29-44 A Naturalistic Treatment for Panic Disorder....Pages 45-65 Empirical Support for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders....Pages 67-92 Empirical Evidence for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy and Other Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder....Pages 93-119 Studying Change in Defensive Functioning in Psychotherapy Using the Defense Mechanism Rating Scales: Four Hypotheses, Four Cases....Pages 121-153 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Process Measures for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 157-178 Countertransference and Personality Pathology: Development and Clinical Application of the Countertransference Questionnaire....Pages 179-198 Front Matter....Pages 199-199 Alliance, Negotiation, and Rupture Resolution....Pages 201-225 Affect-Focused Techniques in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 227-247 Affect-Focused Short-Term Dynamic Therapy....Pages 249-277 Factors Contributing to Sustained Therapeutic Gain in Outpatient Treatments of Depression....Pages 279-301 Front Matter....Pages 303-303 Neural Models of Psychodynamic Concepts and Treatments: Implications for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 305-338 Physiologic Monitoring in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research....Pages 339-358 Front Matter....Pages 359-359 A Letter to My Friend and Researcher Colleague, Professor Sy Entist....Pages 361-366 The Perils of p -Values: Why Tests of Statistical Significance Impede the Progress of Research....Pages 367-377 From Psychoanalyst to Psychoanalyst/Researcher....Pages 379-383 Clinicians’ Love/Hate Relationship with Clinical Research....Pages 385-388 Measuring and Enhancing the Impact of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research....Pages 389-393 Back Matter....Pages 395-399 "The importance of conducting empirical research for the future of psychodynamics is presented in this volume. Handbook of Evidence Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice brings together a panel of distinguished clinician-researchers who have been publishing their findings for decades. This book provides compelling evidence that psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many common psychological problems."--Jacket