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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823811803321

Titolo

Psychodynamic formulation / / by Deborah L. Cabaniss ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons, 2013

ISBN

9781118557297

1118557298

9781118557181

1118557182

9781299385917

1299385915

9781118557280

111855728X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CabanissDeborah L

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Mental illness - Diagnosis

Mental illness - Treatment

Medical protocols

Psychotherapy - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is a psychodynamic formulation? -- How do we use psychodynamic formulations? -- How do we construct psychodynamic formulations? -- Self -- Relationships -- Adapting -- Cognition -- Work and play -- What we're born with : genetics and prenatal development -- The earliest years -- Middle childhood -- Later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood -- Trauma -- The role of early cognitive and emotional difficulties -- Conflict and defense -- Relationships with others -- The development of the self -- Attachment -- Psychodynamic formulation in acute care settings -- Psychodynamic formulation in psychopharmacologic treatment -- Psychodynamic formulation in psychodynamic psychotherapy -- Sharing formulations with our patients.

Sommario/riassunto

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



their conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings?   How can we use this information to best help them?    Constructing psychodynamic formulations is one of the best ways for mental health professionals to answer questions like these. It can help clinicians in all mental health setting understand their patients, set treatment goals, choose therapeutic strategies, construct meaningful interventions and conduct treatment.  Despite the centrality of psychodynamic formulation to our