Learning supportive psychotherapy : an illustrated guide / Arnold Winston, Richard N. Rosenthal, Laura Weiss Roberts.

By:

Winston, Arnold, 1935- [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Core competencies in psychotherapyPublisher: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2020]Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781615372874
1615372873
9781615372348
1615372342

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning supportive psychotherapy.DDC classification:

616.89/14 23

LOC classification:

RC480.5 .W56 2020

NLM classification:

WM 420

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Evolution of the Concept of Supportive Psychotherapy -- Principles and Mode of Action -- Assessment, Case Formulation, and Goal Setting -- Techniques -- General Framework of Supportive Psychotherapy -- The Therapeutic Relationship -- Crisis Intervention -- Applicability to Special Populations -- Evaluating Competence and Outcome Research -- Questions for Self-Study.

Summary: "Learning Supportive Psychotherapy, second edition (first published in 2004 as Introduction to Supportive Psychotherapy and revised in 2012) is written for beginning therapists who need to learn the fundamentals of psychotherapy and in particular need to learn how to talk with psychotherapy patients. The book provides to the beginning resident clear guidelines for the conduct and progression of supportive psychotherapy in four major areas: forming and maintaining a positive therapeutic alliance, understanding and formulating patients' problems, setting realistic treatment goals, and knowing what to say to patients (technique). Included are a discussion of crisis intervention and the applicability of supportive psychotherapy to special populations, including patients with chronic mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions. The book also includes a discussion of how to determine whether a psychiatry resident has achieved competence in supportive psychotherapy and concludes with a presentation of the evidence for the efficacy of supportive psychotherapy, including a number of outcome trials"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Learning Supportive Psychotherapy, second edition (first published in 2004 as Introduction to Supportive Psychotherapy and revised in 2012) is written for beginning therapists who need to learn the fundamentals of psychotherapy and in particular need to learn how to talk with psychotherapy patients. The book provides to the beginning resident clear guidelines for the conduct and progression of supportive psychotherapy in four major areas: forming and maintaining a positive therapeutic alliance, understanding and formulating patients' problems, setting realistic treatment goals, and knowing what to say to patients (technique). Included are a discussion of crisis intervention and the applicability of supportive psychotherapy to special populations, including patients with chronic mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions. The book also includes a discussion of how to determine whether a psychiatry resident has achieved competence in supportive psychotherapy and concludes with a presentation of the evidence for the efficacy of supportive psychotherapy, including a number of outcome trials"--Provided by publisher.

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Print version record.

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