Assessment in psychotherapy / / by Helen Alfille

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818180603321
• Autore: Alfille Helen
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]; ©1998
• ISBN: 0-429-91102-5; 0-429-89679-4; 0-429-47202-1; 1-282-90046-3; 9786612900464; 1-84940-244-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89/17
• Soggetti: Psychoanalysis; Mental illness - Diagnosis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1998 by Karnac Books Ltd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD by Margret Tonnesmann; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction - Judy Cooper and Helen Alfillé; CHAPTER ONE Assessment for psychoanalytic psychotherapy: an overview of the literature; CHAPTER TWO Where referrals come from and some links with general practice; CHAPTER THREE The difference between diagnosis and assessment in psychoanalytic psychotherapy; CHAPTER FOUR Once-weekly or more intensive therapy; CHAPTER FIVE The significance of the opening story; CHAPTER SIX The assessment consultation; CHAPTER SEVEN Transference and countertransference in the assessment consultationCHAPTER EIGHT Boundaries and difficulties in assessment; CHAPTER NINE Contraindications for psychodynamic psychotherapy; Conclusions - Judy Cooper and Helen AIfillé; REFERENCES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book sets out to address the complexities of psychoanalytic assessment. Comprises a comprehensive review of relevant literature ; and contributions from various psychotherapists on the different aspects of the assessment process.Contributors:Helen Alfiille, Judith Barnard, Ruth Berkowitz, Judy Cooper, Arna Davis, Philip Hewitt, Mira Malovic-Yeeles, Aslan Mordecai, Mary Rosalind Stumpfl, Anne Tyndale and Danuta Waydenfeld.