Lives Transformed

by David H. Malan, Patricia C. Della Selva

The world has long awaited compelling and unmistakable evidence for the validity of dynamic psychotherapy. A review in the present book shows that such evidence has been accumulating over the past ten years. It comes from clinical trials, process research, case studies, and objective physiological measurements concerned with the importance of expressing emotions. This book extends the evidence. It provides an in-depth examination of therapy in action, based on verbatim accounts of the treatment of seven patients by the author, using the technique of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy (at times extending to medium-term). This technique has been shown to be both effective and cost-effective with a wide range of patients, including some who are notoriously resistant to psychotherapeutic intervention. The raw data of psychotherapeutic sessions enables the reader to trace the origin of therapeutic effects, which occur immediately in response to the direct experience of hitherto buried feelings and impulses.

Genres: Psychology

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Azin karimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

چهار فصلی ک مربوط ب درمان چهار بیمار هست خیلی خوب نوشته شده و کاملا کاربردی هست برا روان شناسایی ک در حال یادگیری istdp هستن. فصل دو و فصل های آخر منتهی بیشتر به ترویج و تبلیغ و صحبت از روایی و اعتبار رویکرد پرداخته.

[Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Astonishing book. Some people are addicted to the TV show Intervention. I'm addicted to psychology books with strikingly beautiful stories of redemption and re-birth, when miserable people change and discover happiness. In other words, the case studies are good, and the psychology seems to be based on a major breakthrough in the understanding of how people can become happy.