Relational Psychotherapy: A Primer - Softcover

DeYoung, Patricia A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415944333 ISBN 13: 9780415944335

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Relational Psychotherapy: A Primer advances the understanding of this comprehensive, reliable model of treatment as it follows the trajectory of the therapy process from beginning to end. Using clear language and warm human terms, experienced therapist and teacher Patricia DeYoung addresses the challenges and rewards of doing relational therapy. She presents relational therapy against a wide range of contemporary psychotherapies, weaving a working synthesis of self psychology, intersubjective theory, various psychoanalytically informed developmental theories, relational psychoanalysis, and feminist self-in-relation theory. Relational Psychotherapy is an essential reference text for both therapists and students, while its personal and lucid writing style make it easily accessible to clients interested in learning more about psychotherapy.

About this title

Review:

"This engaging, user-friendly introduction to relational psychotherapy skillfully integrates the various relational perspectives in contemporary psychoanalysis into a practical and courageously personal account. DeYoung's understanding of relationality is rich, complex, and nuanced. I will recommend this book enthusiastically to my students, supervisees, and colleagues." -- Donna M. Orange, Faculty and Supervising Analyst, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity; Author, Emotional understanding: Studies in Psychoanalytic Epistemology

About the Author:

Patricia A. DeYoung, MSW, PhD, is a founding faculty member of the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy. She maintains a private clinical and supervisory practice in Toronto, specializing in relational modes of individual and couples therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415944333
• ISBN 13: 9780415944335
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240