Learning Supportive Psychotherapy: An Illustrated Guide (Book with DVD)

by Winston, Arnold, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781585623990
• ISBN10: 1585623997
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

Mastering the art of supportive psychotherapy demands years of training and experience--and "Learning Supportive Psychotherapy: An Illustrated Guide" paves the way. The text follows one of the three formats now required for psychiatry residency training by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Author Biography

Arnold Winston, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, New York, and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York. Richard N. Rosenthal, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, and the Arthur J. Antenucci Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Senior Associate Dean at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York. Henry Pinsker, M.D., is the Honorary Attending in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Beth Israel Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (retired) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
DVD Contents	p. xi
The Concept of Supportive Psychotherapy	p. 1
Principles and Mode of Action	p. 15
Assessment, Case Formulation, and Goal Setting	p. 33
Assessment	p. 37
Techniques	p. 53
Severe, Persistent Mental Illness in an Uncooperative Patient	p. 71
Supportive-Expressive Treatment	p. 77
General Framework of Supportive Psychotherapy	p. 91
The Therapeutic Relationship	p. 107
Addressing a Misalliance	p. 112
Crisis Intervention	p. 123
Crisis Intervention	p. 126
Applicability to Special Populations	p. 143
Substance Use Disorder	p. 157
Evaluating Competence and Outcome Research	p. 163
References	p. 177
Index	p. 191
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