Psychodynamic Formulation

By Anna R. SchwartzCarolyn J. DouglasDeborah L. Cabaniss, et al.

How do our patients come to be the way they are?

What forces shape their conscious and unconscious thoughtsand feelings?

How can we use this information to best helpthem?

Constructing psychodynamic formulations is one of the best waysfor mental health professionals to answer questions like these. Itcan help clinicians in all mental health setting understand theirpatients, set treatment goals, choose therapeutic strategies, construct meaningful interventions and conduct treatment.

Despite the centrality of psychodynamic formulation to our workwith patients, few students are taught how to construct themin a clear systematic way. This book offers students andpractitioners from all fields of mental health a clear, practical, operationalized method for constructing psychodynamic formulations, with an emphasis on the following steps:

DESCRIBING problems and patternsREVIEWING the developmental historyLINKING problems and patterns to history using organizing ideasabout development.

The unique, up-to-date perspective of this book integratespsychodynamic theories with ideas about the role of genetics, trauma, and early cognitive and emotional difficulties ondevelopment to help clinicians develop effective formulations.

Psychodynamic Formulation is written in the same clear, concise style of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A ClinicalManual (Wiley 2011). It is reader friendly, full ofuseful examples, eminently practical, suitable for either classroomor individual use, and applicable for all mental healthprofessionals. It can stand alone or be used as a companion volumeto the Clinical Manual.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 111996234X
• ISBN13: 9781119962342
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"