Developing Psychodynamic Counselling / Edition 1

by Brendan McLoughlin

Overview

The field of psychodynamic counselling has developed from the psychoanalytic tradition inaugurated by Freud. At its core is a belief in the role of the unconscious in the development of conflict and disturbance, which may be resolved through the careful unfolding of the therapeutic relationship via the transference//counter-transference dynamic and within a defined setting.

By integrating theory and context, Brendan Mc Loughlin explores the opportunities for counsellors to develop their own practice of psychodynamic counselling. He encourages readers to look carefully at the way they work and to think about strategies to improve their skills in a specialized form of relating.

Containing 30 sections organized into five categories, this book examines areas crucial to the psychodynamic approach, including internal and external settings, working with issues around boundaries, and understanding and working with transference and counter-transference.

Addressed primarily to counsellors who are about to begin work with clients, Developing Psychodynamic Counselling will also be of interest to established counsellors and psychotherapists, counselling and clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803989795
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/13/1995
Series:	Developing Counselling series , #4
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brendan Mc Loughlin is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Developing Work with the External and Internal Setting
Developing Work with Issues around the Boundaries
Developments in Understanding and Working with the Transference
Developments in Understanding and Working with Counter-Transference
Developments in Working with the Whole Counselling Relationship
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

‘This book deals with many aspects of psychodynamic counselling from the minutiae of the extrinsic context, such as decor, through the "therapeutic stance of attentive reserve" on to an elaboration of the elements of a therapeutic relationship... the book is liberally garnished with case studies... informative and thought-provoking... a useful resource to those teaching psychodynamic principles... If you are new to psychodynamic work, this book could be a safe and helpful guide... The ideas and techniques offered by the author may also prove intriguing and even inspiring to those (like me) from a different therapeutic orientation' - The International Journal of Social Psychiatry

‘An extremely lucid exposition of psychodynamic counselling. It is very practical, aimed at psychodynamic counsellors starting their work with patients, but it also clarifies and simplifies many aspects of work within the therapeutic frame for practitioners and trainers from other approaches, such as myself.... As a person-centred practitioner, I find myself in awe of the powerful potential for depth within this approach' - Self & Society

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