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Penny Rawson: Handbook of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

Penny Rawson: Handbook of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2007, 67, (200 –205) © 2007 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/07 $30.00 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp Book Reviews Edited by Riva L. Tait, Ph.D. Handbook of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy , Penny Rawson, H. Karnac Books Ltd., London, 2005, 195pp. Psychotherapy handbooks have appeared periodically since the inception of time-limited psychotherapy, a natural outcome of the clinical research conducted by psychoanalysts, mostly through single cases, for over a century. Handbooks and manuals are geared to uniformity so that results can be compared following a mainstream research model. Their application has granted “ evidenced based ” status to some modalities such as cognitive behavior therapy in that they lend themselves to a relatively uniform application to relatively similarly diagnosed human subjects. This approach has allowed for example the comparison between psychotherapy and certain medications for depression where psychotherapy unexpectedly fared quite well. In a pragmatic society where the doctor – patient relationship has been growingly mediated by a growing number of funding and “ quality ” custodians, time-limited psychotherapy with well-defi ned stages and protocols would make sense as an alleged benefi t to all. The nagging problem is the uniqueness of each subject and the uniqueness http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Penny Rawson: Handbook of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

Rendon, Mario
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 67 (2) – May 10, 2007
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2007 by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1057/palgrave.ajp.3350016
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2007, 67, (200 –205) © 2007 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/07 $30.00 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp Book Reviews Edited by Riva L. Tait, Ph.D. Handbook of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy , Penny Rawson, H. Karnac Books Ltd., London, 2005, 195pp. Psychotherapy handbooks have appeared periodically since the inception of time-limited psychotherapy, a natural outcome of the clinical research conducted by psychoanalysts, mostly through single cases, for over a century. Handbooks and manuals are geared to uniformity so that results can be compared following a mainstream research model. Their application has granted “ evidenced based ” status to some modalities such as cognitive behavior therapy in that they lend themselves to a relatively uniform application to relatively similarly diagnosed human subjects. This approach has allowed for example the comparison between psychotherapy and certain medications for depression where psychotherapy unexpectedly fared quite well. In a pragmatic society where the doctor – patient relationship has been growingly mediated by a growing number of funding and “ quality ” custodians, time-limited psychotherapy with well-defi ned stages and protocols would make sense as an alleged benefi t to all. The nagging problem is the uniqueness of each subject and the uniqueness

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Published: May 10, 2007

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