Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Hanna Levenson, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. She also maintains a private practice in Oakland where she sees individuals and couples for therapy and professionals for consultation/supervision. Dr. Levenson has specialized in brief dynamic therapy and supervision for 4 years. She has authored over 85 professional papers and three books (Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy, Brief Dynamic and Interpersonal Therapy, and Brief Dynamic Therapy, Second Edition) and has released five professional videos with APA illustrating her approach. Dr. Levenson received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession Award given by the California Psychological Association.  Volney Gay, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Vanderbilt University and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. He has published nine books on religion, psychiatry, and anthropology. Dr. Volney has won teaching awards from McMaster University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine the Heinz Hartmann Award from the New York Psychoanalytic Institute the Outstanding Service Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association and was named Distinguished Psychoanalytic Educator, International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education. His most recent book is American Slavery: Privileges and Pleasures (2 2 ).  Jeffrey L. Binder, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Vanderbilt University. He maintains a private practice of psychotherapy and clinical supervision. Dr. Binder has authored or coauthored over 45 articles and book chapters on psychotherapy practice, research, and supervision, as well as three books on a form of time-limited therapy developed with Hans Strupp: Psychotherapy in a New Key: A Guide to Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy, Key Competencies in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy: Clinical Practice Beyond the Manual, and Core Competencies in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy. Dr. Binder is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

This book fills an essential need, one that has gone unaddressed for too long. The authors provide deceptively simple yet sophisticated exercises tailor-made for mastering skills that help beginning psychodynamic psychotherapists to settle into themselves and deepen their work with clients. These exercises elegantly complement the more usual-and indispensable-educational experiences of acquiring theoretical knowledge and participating in meaningful supervisory and personal therapy relationships, contributing to the development of creative, reflective, and skillful practitioners. - Joan E. Sarnat, PhD, ABPP, Faculty and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, United States, and author of "Supervision Essentials for Psychodynamic Psychotherapies" Deliberate Practice in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a gift of clarity and focus to developing therapists. Too often, relational treatment approaches have been vague in helping trainees conceptualize and intervene within the therapeutic relationship. Many supervisees describe themselves as amp ldquo imposters amp rdquo -painfully unsure of what to say or do to help. This foundational text empowers therapists by providing experiential, multistep practices for each key concept. Kudos to the authors for bringing these comprehensive training practices to our field. - Edward Teyber, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, United States This is a rare gem of a book that distills the essence of psychodynamic therapy from an art form to a science that can be deliberately taught with focused, practical guidance and exercises that are graded for the beginner, intermediate, and advanced clinician. It will make supervisors better able to teach specific skills and help trainees find their own voice and become more effective therapists. Invaluable! - Mantosh Dewan, MD, President and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States This work represents the leading edge of innovation in the training and practice of psychotherapy. The authors effectively combine the scientific principles of deliberate practice to build expertise with focused clinical exercises designed to develop specific therapy skill sets. The integration between evidence-based learning strategies and clinical practice makes this a seminal work in the field of psychotherapy training and supervision. - Mark Hilsenroth, PhD, Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, Garden City, NY, United States Psychodynamic psychotherapy teaching is typically conceptual or observational and is in competition with more skill-oriented modalities. The authors have identified some of the essential elements of psychodynamic psychotherapy and brilliantly created extremely effective exercises that enable trainees or experienced therapists to develop or hone specific relevant skills. These include traditional techniques that focus on process, defenses, and interpretation, as well as more affectively focused skills, such as deepening affect, use of metaphor, and the creation of corrective emotional experiences that facilitate achievement of effective outcomes in a time-sensitive and focused manner. - Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States This book provides psychotherapy clinicians, supervisors, and trainers with a unique, practice-based guide for the development of therapeutic expertise in brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. In particular, the identification and thoughtful delineation of 2 core skills that underlay psychodynamic therapy approaches, along with the provision of tailored experiential exercises that enhance skill development, will make a singular contribution to psychotherapy training and the practice literature. - Lynne Angus, PhD, CPsych, Professor Emerita, Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

• Series PrefaceTony Rousmaniere and Alexandre VazAcknowledgmentsPart I. Overview and InstructionsChapter . Introduction and Overview of Deliberate Practice and Psychodynamic TherapyChapter 2. Instructions for the Psychodynamic Therapy Deliberate Practice ExercisesPart II. Deliberate Practice Exercises for Psychodynamic Therapy SkillsExercises for Intermediate Psychodynamic Therapy SkillsExercise . Engaging in a Therapeutic InquiryExercise 2. Being Aware of Countertransference ReactionsExercise 3. Deepening Emotional ExperienceExercise 4. Making Process CommentsExercise 5. Pointing Out Defenses and Inquiring About Underlying FearExercise . Introducing the Rationale for TreatmentExercises for Advanced Psychodynamic Therapy SkillsExercise 7. Making Transference InterpretationsExercise 8. Using MetaphorsExercise 9. Exploring FantasyExercise . Case Formulation: Gathering Data for the Cyclical Maladaptive PatternExercise . Using Supervision to Recognize ReenactmentsExercise 2. Providing a Corrective Emotional ExperienceComprehensive ExercisesExercise 3. Annotated Interpersonal amp ndash Psychodynamic Therapy Session TranscriptsExercise 4. Mock Psychodynamic Therapy SessionsPart III. Strategies for Enhancing the Deliberate Practice ExercisesChapter 3. How to Get the Most Out of Deliberate Practice for Dynamic Psychotherapy: Additional Guidance for Trainers and TraineesAppendix A. Difficulty Assessments and AdjustmentsAppendix B. Deliberate Practice Diary FormAppendix C. Sample Psychodynamic Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice ExercisesReferencesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Series Editors