Storr's Art of Psychotherapy 3E

by Jeremy Holmes, Charles P. Nemeth

Overview

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Sensitively updated and revised for modern practice, Anthony Storr's legendary work continues to be an indispensible introductory text for aspiring psychotherapists.Professor Jeremy Holmes, a friend and colleague of Anthony Storr's and himself a leading psychotherapist, has updated this accessible and h

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000687910
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/31/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	526 KB

About the Author

Professor Jeremy Holmes, BA, MA, MB B Ch; FRCPsych; MRCP; MD; BPC, Co-lead psychoanalytic stream University of Exeter Masters programme in psychological therapies & Psychodynamic Professional Qualification course 2002-2009; Writing; Lecturing nationally and internationally; part-time private psychotherapy practice.

The late Anthony Storr

Table of Contents

The setting. The initial interview. Getting going: overcoming initial resistance. Making progress. Interpretation. Dreams, daydreams and creativity. The nature of the therapeutic relationship: boundaried intimacy. Transference and counter-transference. Diagnosis and psychodynamic formulation. Depression. Anxiety. Patterns of personality. The science of psychotherapy. The end of therapy. The life and work of a psychotherapist. Epilogue: Beyond therapy.