Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: 3rd Edition

Author(s) : Alessandra Lemma

Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: 3rd Edition

Book Details

  • Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
  • Published : January 2025
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 416
  • Category :
    Forthcoming
  • Category 2 :
    Individual Psychotherapy
  • Catalogue No : 97941
  • ISBN 13 : 9781394258628
  • ISBN 10 : 1394258623
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An up-to-date, practice-oriented handbook for psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

In the newly revised third edition of Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, distinguished clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Allessandra Lemma delivers an up-to-date discussion of the latest research and best practices in psychoanalysis. It is organized as a practice-oriented handbook that demystifies the processes underpinning psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It effectively explains how to develop an analytic attitude guided by the principles of clinical technique.

The book offers step-by-step guidance in critical areas of practice, including how to conduct assessments, how to formulate cases in psychodynamic terms, and how to approach endings. It covers a large amount of new outcome research published since the introduction of the last edition, new applications of the Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT) model, new suggested readings, and three entirely new chapters on ethics, the body, and online practice.

Readers will also find:

- An extensive collection of clinical vignettes illustrating the application of the ideas discussed within

- Comprehensive explorations of applied psychoanalytic ethics

- Overviews of the schools of psychoanalysis, including discussions of theory and practice

- Strategies for dealing with defenses, resistance, transference, and countertransference

Perfect for students of psychotherapy, counselling, psychiatry, and clinical psychology, Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy will also benefit practicing clinicians, researchers, therapists, counsellors, social workers, and other professionals in these fields.

About the Author(s)

Alessandra Lemma is the Unit Director, Psychological Therapies Development Unit, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and the Clinical Director of the Psychological Interventions Research Centre, University College London. She is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She is Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London, and Honorary Professor of Psychological Therapies at Essex University. She is the Regional Editor (London) of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and General Editor of the New Library of Psychoanalysis book series (Routledge). She has published several books and papers on psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, the body, and trauma. Alessandra Lemma is also a Winner of the Levy-Goldfarb Award for Child Psychoanalysis.

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