Primer of Psychotherapy
This book skillfully brings developments in psychotherapy up to date. Dr. Gertrude Blanck writes with a clarity and simplicity that can only be acquired with discerning and seasoned expertise. Extracting from the proliferation of complex and often contradictory popular schools of thought, she presents what is essential and fundamental in clinical work today. In a question-and-answer format, illustrated with patient-therapist dialogue, the practice of psychotherapy is organized, explained, and made accessible. Dr. Blanck addresses a broad range of topics including how to design the treatment, build psychic structure, learn from symptoms and defenses, formulate a developmental diagnosis, teach parenting skills, and know when medication is desirable. Her lively and very practical use of a model case demonstrates the application of her thinking to clinical technique and interventions. An excellent teaching resource, this book is ideal for practicing clinicians, supervisors, residents, and graduate students in clinical psychology and social work.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:076570286X
ISBN13:9780765702869
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:Jason Aronson
Length:230 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Dr. Blanck deftly employs a question-and-answer format
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
With her thoroughly "reader friendly" text, psychotherapist Gertrude Blanck's Primer Of Psychotherapy: A Developmental Perspective brings the reader fully up to date in contemporary psychotherapy theory and practice. Dr. Blanck deftly employs a question-and-answer format (illustrated with patient-therapist dialogue) to address a broad range of topics including treatment designs, building psychic structures, learning from symptoms and defenses, formulating a developmental diagnosis, teaching parenting skills, and determining when medication is advisable. The Primer Of Psychotherapy is especially recommended for graduate students in clinical psychology and social work, as well as practicing clinicians, supervisors, and residents.
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