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Chapter 3 - A Brief Description of the Empirical Basis of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

from Part 1: - An Overview of the Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2023

Adam Polnay ,
Rhiannon Pugh ,
Victoria Barker ,
David Bell ,
Allan Beveridge ,
Adam Burley ,
Allyson Lumsden ,
C. Susan Mizen  and
Lauren Wilson
Foreword by
Nancy McWilliams
Adam Polnay
Affiliation:
The State Hospital, Carstairs and Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
Victoria Barker
Affiliation:
East London NHS Foundation Trust, London
David Bell
Affiliation:
British Psychoanalytic Society
Allan Beveridge
Affiliation:
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London
Adam Burley
Affiliation:
Rivers Centre, Edinburgh
Allyson Lumsden
Affiliation:
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
C. Susan Mizen
Affiliation:
Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter
Lauren Wilson
Affiliation:
Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh
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Summary

There is a growing body of research pertaining to the empirical basis of psychodynamic psychotherapy, with contributions from various angles. These include clinical trials, studies of live therapy sessions (process research), transference and countertransference research. Our aim here is to give a readable and clinically relevant brief description of the empirical basis of psychodynamic psychotherapy, making links to other parts of this book where topics are described clinically.

Keywords

psychodynamic psychotherapyresearchempirical basisprocess researchtherapist factorsmulticultural competencerupture and repair
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Cambridge Guide to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy , pp. 51 - 64
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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