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A Study of Brief Psychotherapy

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  1. D. H. Malan

    1. Tavistock Clinic, London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Historical and Theoretical Survey

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introductory

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      Pages 3-5

    3. Historical Approach

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      Pages 6-14

    4. Review of Previous Work on Brief Psychotherapy

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      Pages 15-36

  3. The Present Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Preliminary

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      Pages 39-42

    3. The Assessment of Therapeutic Results

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      Pages 43-50

    4. Assessment and Therapy Forms

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      Pages 51-148

    5. Psychodynamic Assessment and its Bearing on the Validity of Brief Psychotherapy

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      Pages 149-168

    6. The Therapeutic Results and the Problem of relating them to other Factors

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      Pages 169-177

    7. Selection Criteria

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      Pages 178-198

    8. The General Characteristics of these Therapies with Special Reference to Technique

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      Pages 199-214

    9. The Relation between Transference Interpretation and Outcome: Clinical Approach

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      Pages 215-232

    10. The Exploration of a more ‘Objective’ Quantitative Approach to the Relation between Technique and Outcome

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      Pages 233-272

    11. Recapitulation and Conclusion

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      Pages 273-281

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 282-312
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About this book

The original aim of the present work, which was initiated by Dr. Michael Balint, was to explore Brief Psychotherapy carried out by psycho-analysts who are relatively skilled and experienced. To this has been added an attempt to reconcile the 'clinical' and 'objective' approaches to psychodynamic material, by treating clinical judgements exactly as rigorously as is appropriate, no more and no less. A review of previous work leads to little definite conclusion. A complete spectrum of views can be found, from the most 'conservative' (e.g. brief psychotherapy is only effective in the mildest and most recent illnesses; the technique used should be superficial-any attempt to go 'deeper' will lead to long-term therapy; and the results are only palliative) to the most 'radical' (seriously ill patients can be extensively helped by a technique containing most of the essential elements of long-term methods such as psycho-analysis). The present work is based essentially on the therapies of nineteen patients, treated by a team of therapists under the leader­ ship of Dr. Balint. The study is largely retrospective, but it is designed to fill some of the important gaps to be found in the literature: 1. Detailed case histories are given of all patients treated; 2. Particular attention is paid to long follow-up; 3. A method of assessing therapeutic results has been developed which is regarded as psychodynamically valid and is based on published evidence; 4. The relation is examined between outcome and (a) the characteristics of patients, (b) the characteristics of technique.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Tavistock Clinic, London, UK

    D. H. Malan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Study of Brief Psychotherapy

  • Authors: D. H. Malan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4395-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. H. Malan 1963

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4397-4Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-4395-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 312

  • Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry

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