Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Technique
Autor Patricia Coughlinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2026
În domeniul psihoterapiei dinamice, această a doua ediție a Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy reprezintă un ghid clinic riguros pentru practicienii care caută o alternativă eficientă la procesele psihanalitice tradiționale, adesea îndelungate și costisitoare. Putem afirma că lucrarea se distinge prin ancorarea sa în date clinice concrete, oferind o perspectivă rară asupra eficacității pe termen lung prin monitorizarea pacienților pe o perioadă de trei decenii. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Patricia Coughlin alege să prezinte materialul: în locul unor interpretări subiective, cititorul are acces la transcrieri literale ale ședințelor, permițând o analiză directă a interacțiunii dintre terapeut și pacient.
Suntem de părere că organizarea sistematică a volumului este unul dintre punctele sale forte, structura progresând logic de la „Trial Therapy” și lucrul cu apărările, până la restructurarea mecanismelor regresive și procesul de terminare. Această abordare metodologică face din volum un manual de referință comparabil cu An Introduction to Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy de Jon Anders Lied, dar actualizat conform cercetărilor din ultimii 30 de ani și axat pe tehnici de o intensitate clinică superioară. Față de lucrările sale anterioare, precum Facilitating the Process of Working Through in Psychotherapy, unde se concentra pe demistificarea procesului de prelucrare, volumul de față oferă o viziune holistică asupra întregului parcurs terapeutic ISTDP. Cartea integrează 12 ilustrații și diagrame esențiale pentru înțelegerea dinamicii forțelor inconștiente, fiind un instrument indispensabil pentru specialiștii care doresc să stăpânească tehnica lui Davanloo.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1032881887
Pagini: 290
Ilustrații: 12
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:2. Auflage
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Professional TrainingDe ce să citești această carte
Această carte este esențială pentru psihologii clinicieni și psihiatrii care doresc să treacă de la teoria psihodinamică la o practică clinică de înaltă precizie. Cititorul câștigă acces la transcrieri reale care demonstrează cum se gestionează rezistența și cum se accesează emoțiile profunde în timp record. Este un manual tehnic rar care dovedește, prin date de follow-up pe 30 de ani, că schimbarea de caracter este posibilă și durabilă prin intervenții dinamice scurte.
Despre autor
Patricia Coughlin (cunoscută și sub numele de Della Selva) este profesor asistent de psihiatrie la Albany Medical College și un psiholog clinician cu o vastă experiență practică. Formarea sa sub îndrumarea directă a Dr. Habib Davanloo a consacrat-o ca una dintre cele mai autoritare voci în psihoterapia dinamică de scurtă durată (ISTDP). Cu un doctorat obținut la Syracuse University, ea îmbină activitatea didactică și de cercetare cu practica privată, fiind autoarea unor lucrări fundamentale care explorează mecanismele schimbării cerebrale și eficacitatea terapeutică, precum Maximizing Effectiveness in Dynamic Psychotherapy.
Recenzii
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP, CEO/Founder of Strategic Psychotherapeutics, LLC, President Elect, Society for Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), Glastonbury, CT
‘There is no better introduction to ISTDP than Patricia Coughlin's text, a true classic, now reissued with startling follow-up data revealing the remarkable effectiveness of this treatment approach. In this book, newcomers will learn basic principles of therapy that can enhance the effectiveness of any clinician from any perspective. Her clinical vignettes make therapy come alive, and her clear explanations make complex concepts immediately understandable. I cannot recommend this book enough. There is a reason it remains a classic test after thirty years.’
Jon Frederickson, MSW, Faculty, New Washington School of Psychiatry and Author of Co-Creating Change
‘Patricia Coughlin's work has always been something of a north star for those of us practicing psychodynamic psychotherapy. Her ability to balance theoretical and technical precision with the deepest empathy for her patients has made her books sources of inspiration and edification. Here she has taken her first book--one of the definitive references in the field--and enriched it by adding new research, depth and touching follow-up data with the many patients whose lives she has transformed. As with all her books, this volume manages to communicate complex ideas in simple, immediate terms so that they provide real benefit for the practicing clinician. For anyone learning dynamic therapy, this book is a gift!’
Jonathan Entis, Ph.D.
‘Consistently producing lasting, transformational change transcends theoretical differences for me, so this important update of Patricia Coughlin’s influential first book on ISTDP has my endorsement. Next to her superb therapeutic results, my qualms about the psychodynamic conceptual paradigm are secondary. There can be no doubt that her work induces memory reconsolidation, the only known brain mechanism that can end symptoms permanently.’
Bruce Ecker, MA, LMFT, co-director, Coherence Psychology Institute and co-author, Unlocking the Emotional Brain and the Coherence Therapy Practice Manual.
‘This seminal work by a master clinician in dynamic psychotherapy remains essential reading for anyone serious about developing as a therapist. Long valued for its clarity, clinical richness, and vivid vignettes, the book makes a complex treatment model accessible without losing depth. Now updated with recent research and expanded content, it continues to serve as a vital and enduring guide to the practice of dynamic therapy.’
Michelle M. May, LPC, author of What I Couldn't Tell My Therapist and Chair, ISTDP Program, New Washington School of Psychiatry
‘The new and updated edition of Patricia Coughlin’s classic masterpiece Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy is a remarkable achievement. It gives us what is exceedingly rare in the psychotherapy literature: long-term follow-up of clinical results. Once more we get to accompany Coughlin's courageous clients as they struggle, with their therapist's expert aid, to process and free themselves from deep emotional pain that had kept them stuck in life. Here we meet them again, and witness the lasting, transformative results of the collaborative work they did all those years ago.
This book is a testament to the human spirit, "blossoming once again" as pain and loss are turned toward rather than away from, in the meeting of hearts and minds that is the true therapeutic encounter.’
Tor Wennerberg, Psychologist and Author
Descriere scurtă
The book is organized in a systematic fashion, analogous to the process of therapy itself, from initial contact through to termination and follow-up. Detailed clinical examples are presented throughout the text to illustrate how theory is translated into techniques of unparalleled power and effectiveness. This new edition offers a rare follow-up on nearly all of the patients included in the original, along with cutting edge research conducted over the last 30 years, to highlight the effectiveness of the method across a wide range of patients and to allow Coughlin to identify factors associated with long term change. Coughlin includes transcripts of the patients’ sessions rather than a summary of her own views as a therapist, providing the reader with accurate data and allowing the patients’ experience with the method to be shared in their own words.
All practicing mental health professionals, as well as students and trainees, will find this book a unique and illuminating read and an invaluable tool as they develop their own skills within the clinical space.