{"product_id":"9781782205173","title":"An Integrated Model to Short-Term Dynamic Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eShort-term dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy is an integrated, trauma-informed, contemporary, dynamic way of working with a range of mental health difficulties. Flexible though structured, phase-oriented, focussed and time-limited, it is informed by the Conversational Model, Attachment and Interpersonal Theories and Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies, which are briefly described. It provides clinicians with a way of working with patients whose difficulties do not warrant long term therapy, who prefer a talking therapy or who have failed cognitive\/behavior therapies. With the help of examples, it guides the process of assessment and therapy with trauma in mind: using Conversational Model techniques where empathy replaces confrontation; resistance is seen as a fear of re-traumatization; defense mechanisms are regarded as adaptive coping mechanisms which later become maladaptive; transference interventions replace interpretations, and self-reflective capacity is encouraged rather than just insight. Separation anxiety is addressed and anxiety-provoking techniques are avoided, given that anxiety is a large part of most presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also covers the use of short-term dynamic interpersonal psychotherapy in issues of grief and bereavement; difficulties arising from life-changing medical diagnosis; relational and functional difficulties resulting from chronic major mental illness; and emergency psychiatry where patients present with disturbances which require prompt, empathic connection and assessment in order to maintain continuity of care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karnac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032303059184,"sku":"9781782205173","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782205173_p0.jpg?v=1763718342","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782205173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}