Time-limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide To Clinical Practice [Hardcover]

Hanna Levenson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0465086519 | ISBN-13: 978-0465086511 | Publication Date: August 25, 1995

Ten years ago, Hans Strupp and Jeffrey Binder’s Psychotherapy in a New Key introduced a powerful, empirically tested model of brief psychotherapy that has proven highly successful and changed the practice of psychotherapy forever. But until now, there has been no follow-up publication to make the model come alive. With this book, Hanna Levenson draws on her extensive experience with time-limited dynamic psychotherapy to let readers see the therapy in action.In this era of managed care and limited insurance reimbursement for therapy, many clients are receiving brief therapy treatment. can therapists adjust to these new pressures for efficiency without feeling as if they have to choose between good therapy and brief therapy? Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy provides a state-of-the-art model of treatment that incorporates current developments in psychoanalytic, interpersonal, object-relations, and self psychology theories, as well as cognitive-behavioral and systems approaches. This flexible approach to brief therapy is designed to treat people with long-standing dysfunctional relationships. This book emphasizes identification of interpersonal difficulties and teaches a method of focusing therapy that is behaviorally based and explicit.In a highly original approach, Levenson presents detailed transcripts not only of model cases but also for students discussing those cases with her, taken from a videotape of her class. A spirited forum on the techniques and aims of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy emerges, adding a depth and richness not usually found in casebooks. This thoughtful, important companion volume to Strupp and Binder’s book will gain a broad following as therapists seek to practice therapy that is effective, efficient, and empirically based.

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About the Author

Hanna Levenson, Ph.D., has been specializing in the area of brief psychotherapy—as a clinician, teacher, and researcher—since 1979. She is clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, and the director of the Brief Psychotherapy Programs at California Pacific Medical Center and the VA Medical Centers in Palo Alto and San Francisco. She also teaches time-limited dynamic psychotherapy at Stanford University School of Medicine, and has a clinical practice in San Francisco and Oakland.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books (August 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465086519
• ISBN-13: 978-0465086511
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully readable,thoughtful,humane,down-to-earth, April 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Time-limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide To Clinical Practice (Hardcover)

Dr. Levenson's masterful didactic style reveals the elegance and simplicity of the time-limited dynamic model. The book provides moment-to-moment details of patient-therapist interactions and gives the reader a learning experience of remarkable immediacy. Dr. Levenson's clinical savvy and sophistication are evident on every page. Highly recommended for any clinician, regardless of orientation; you will find this highly readable, jargon-free presentation of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy an invaluable resource. A "must read" for clinicians who want to make every session count without sacrificing depth

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing perspective on the psychotherapy process., January 18, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Time-limited Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Guide To Clinical Practice (Hardcover)

Dr. Levenson has managed to write an informative, helpful and entertaining book on psychotherapy. She has taken a bit of a literary risk by structuring the book around the dialogs of a student supervision group as they struggle to make sense of videotaped psychotherapy sessions, but Dr. Levenson manages to pull this off. In fact, this literary device gives the book a liveliness and freshness rarely found in clinical writings. As a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor myself, I have found her concepts of immediate use in my daily work. Anyone who has worked in the field should particularly enjoy Dr. Levenson's liberating view of counter-transference as an inevitable reaction to a client's maladaptive interpersonal style - and not necessarily a signal for the therapist to run back for another decade of personal analysis.