A Study of Brief Psychotherapy

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malan, D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1963, 1963
Edition:1st ed. 1963
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Historical and Theoretical Survey
  • 1. Introductory
  • 2. Historical Approach
  • 3. Review of Previous work on Brief Psychotherapy
  • II The Present work
  • 4. Preliminary
  • 5. The Assessment of Therapeutic Results
  • 6. Assessment and Therapy forms
  • 7. Psychodynamic Assessment and its Bearing on the Validity of Brief Psychotherapy
  • 8. The Therapeutic Results and the Problem of Relating them to other factors
  • 9. Selection Criteria
  • 10. The General Characteristics of these therapies with Special Reference to technique
  • 11. The Relation Between Transference Interpretation and Outcome: Clinical Approach
  • 12. The Exploration of a more ‘Objective’ Quantitative Approach to the Relation Between Technique and Outcome
  • 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion
  • References