Dieses Lehrbuch ist eine Anleitung zur psychoanalytisch orientierten Psychotherapie. Der besondere Vorzug dieses Manuals liegt darin, dass der Autor durch seine klare Sprache dem unerfahrenen Therapeuten die wesentlichen Arbeitsschritte nahezubringen vermag. Er gibt konkrete Hinweise, wie die technologischen Regeln der psychoanalytischen Therapie zu handhaben sind. Wer bereits Erfahrung mit dieser Therapieform hat, wird die Moglichkeit begru?en, seine Annahmen uber therapeutische Prozesse uberprufen zu konnen. Supervisoren und Ausbildern schliesslich liefert das Manual Unterstutzung als Ausbildungshilfe. Die amerikanische Origninalausgabe entstand aus der langjahrigen Supervisionserfahrung Luborskys mit Assistenten an der Penn Medical School in Topeka. Es handelt sich um einen gut lesbaren, didaktisch klar aufbereiteten Text, dessen deutsche Fassung bereits an der Psychotherapie-Abteilung der Ulmer Universitat erprobt worden ist.

Research and Psychotherapy is a valuable resource for beginner and seasoned clinicians alike. The book will serve as an excellent text for graduate level courses in psychology, especially suitable for those exploring personality disorders. Drs. Luborsky masterfully present principles of supportive-expressive psychotherapy and demonstrate how to successfully combine it with other types of psychotherapies. The authors provide extensive information on the latest research in the field.

Research and Psychotherapy is a valuable resource for beginner and seasoned clinicians alike. The book will serve as an excellent text for graduate level courses in psychology, especially suitable for those exploring personality disorders. Drs. Luborsky masterfully present principles of supportive-expressive psychotherapy and demonstrate how to successfully combine it with other types of psychotherapies. The authors provide extensive information on the latest research in the field.

In this splendid book a master psychotherapist, one of the field's most respected researchers, provides the first definitive account of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in manual format. What distinguishes this book from other guides to therapy is the way in which the author systematically demystifies the therapeutic process, taking the reader step by step through a sequence of specific intervention strategies. The book offers the essence of psychoanalytic psychotherapy by extracting the treatment principles from Freud's six papers on technique and the Menninger Foundation tradition of supportive-expressive psychotherapy. At the heart of the expressive techniques is the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method of delineating the transference pattern and providing a focus for the therapist's responses. Both the short-term and the usual open-ended treatment are presented. Each technique is illustrated by clinical vignettes. Precise measurement scales for each technique make it easy to evaluate the therapist's performance. Therapists, clinical supervisors, and researchers will all find this book to be a valuable source of practical information and inspiration.