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Author Howard, Susan, 1949- author

Title Skills in psychodynamic counselling & psychotherapy / Susan Howard
Published London : SAGE, c2010
Los Angeles : Sage, 2010
©2010

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Description 170 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Skills in counselling & psychotherapy
Skills in counselling & psychotherapy.
Contents Psychodynamic approach -- Becoming a therapist: the personal journey towards skilled practice -- Becoming a therapist: other ways to enhance personal growth -- Setting the scene for therapy: the therapeutic frame -- First sessions: the therapeutic alliance -- Working with unconscious communication -- Theory underlying technique: transference and countertransference -- Types of interpretation -- Interpreting the transference and countertransference -- Understanding and working with defences -- Assessment and formulation from a psychodynamic perspective -- Managing the therapeutic process -- Real relationship and other dilemmas -- Skills in using supervision
Summary This book is the first to systematically address the competencies and techniques identified as central to the delivery of effective psychodynamic practice. It provides a framework for the therapist to develop their skills and appy them to their practice by discussing the personal and professional growth which underpins a professional and ethical attitude to the therapist's work, linking specific competenceis to the theory base underpinning them, describing competenceis in a systematic way, including a chapter on how to use supervision, and using case material to illustrate competencies and dilemmas
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Counseling.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Psychology.
Counselling -- methods
Psychoanalytic Therapy -- methods.
Psychotherapy -- methods.
Counseling -- methods.
LC no. 2009924033
ISBN 1412946530
1412946549
9781412946537
9781412946544
Other Titles Skills in psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy