Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Learning to Listen from Multiple Perspectives / Edition 1

by Jon Frederickson

Overview

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is the first book designed to teach therapists how to listen and intervene from multiple perspectives. Through study and analysis of session transcripts, the reader learns how to listen and formulate interpretations from four different perspectives: reflection, analysis of conflict, analysis of transference, and analysis of defense. Each listening approach is introduced with a brief chapter illustrating the rules of intervention followed by therapy transcripts, which the reader studies and analyzes. By studying the transcripts, answering the questions in the material, and comparing his answers with those provided by the author, the reader will learn how to reflect, analyze conflict, interpret the transference, and analyze the defenses.

Beginning therapists can use this book to acquire listening and intervention skills. Advanced therapists will enjoy studying and comparing listening approaches from a meta-theoretical perspective. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy provides a framework for studying how each approach focuses on a different analytic surface, and uses different rules for timing and content of interpretation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876309629
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	274
Sales rank:	649,291
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.52(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Do We Do When We Listen? Theory or Reflection. Reflection Studies. Theory of the Analysis of Conflict. Conflict Studies. Theory of the Analysis of Transference. Transference Studies. Theory of Defense Analysis. Defense Analysis Studies. Studies in Flexibility of Listening. Harnessing Thinking and Intuition.

What People are Saying About This

Golnar A. Simpson

Reading Jon Frederickson's much needed book, one comes to an early awareness that his book is not only about learning to listen but it is also a skilled demonstration of how to talk so that people continue to listen. Through out the book, the author presents the complex dialectics of listening and talking from psychodynamic perspective with richness in theoretical and methodological content, empathic understanding of the human condition and an easy and enjoyable style of writing. The refreshing stance of promoting flexibility regarding the use of perspectives is a particularly welcomed feature of this thoughtful work. I highly recommend this book as a "must" for students and beginning practitioners and a treasure trove of thought provoking issues. -- (Golnar A. Simpson, D.S.W., BCD President-Clinical Social Work Federation)

Morris B. Parloff

Jon Frederickson, a gifted psychodynamic therapist and educator and former professional musician, has integrated his diverse skills and experience in his book Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, therby providing a unique treatment manual for all psychotherapists--novice and master alike. By highlighting key elements of the musician's approach to "listening" he has provided clinicians with a valuable model and vantagepoint from which to attend, with greater acuity, to the overt and covert patterns that may inhere in their patients' associations. -- (Morris B. Parloff, Ph.D. (Ret.) Chief, Psychosocial Treatments Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington School of Psychiatry, Senior Faculty Member)

Editorial Reviews

Psychotherapy trainer Frederickson here teaches therapists how to listen and formulate interpretations from the four perspectives of reflection, analysis of conflict, analysis of transference, and analysis of defense. The session transcripts used as examples and exercises are introduced with explanations of the underlying theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Reviewer: Daniel M. Haycraft, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This is an introductory psychotherapy text that should be considered fundamental. It embraces the challenge of teaching therapists the difficult task of listening from a psychodynamic perspective.
Purpose: The author intends to help practicing psychotherapists develop their skills in psychodynamic therapy through exercises which, if applied correctly, will show them how to translate four different theories into practice. The test of these worthy objectives depends upon each reader's application of the knowledge.
Audience: This book has special value for students of psychotherapy who struggle with translating psychodynamic models into useful experiences. Beyond that, experienced therapists will also find themselves challenged to think and listen from different perspectives. The author's credentials are validated by the content and organization of the text.
Features: Clear, understandable explanations of four different psychotherapeutic models are provided. The reader is moved through processes for recognizing feelings below the surface, conflict, transference, and defenses. The ultimate strength of this book, however, lies in the accompanying exercises that help develop skills with each model.
Assessment: This is a valuable and much needed addition to basic readings in psychotherapy. It takes the reader beyond discussion of theoretical models into practical experiences for developing better understanding of patients and appropriate interactions.

Doody's Review Service