Psychodynamic Techniques

Introduction 1. Emotional Engagement and Mutual Influence: Basic Issues as Therapy Begins 2. Mutuality and Collaboration: Influencing Each Other 3. Redefining Regression: Facilitating Therapeutic Vulnerability 4. Evaluating Interventions: Tracking the Client's Response 5. Self-Disclosure and Advice: Understanding How and When the Therapist's Disclosures Are Therapeutic 6. Managing Emotion: Affective Communication and the Role of Interaction 7. The Special Problem of Affect Management in Treating Borderline Personality Disorders 8. Confrontation and Countertransference Anger: Overcoming the Therapist's Aversion to Conflict 9. Erotic Feelings: How They Help or Hinder the Therapeutic Process 10. Empowering the Client: The Road to Independence Conclusion Glossary