{"title":"Unseen city: the psychic lives of the urban poor","authors":"A. Flintoff","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2193975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2193975","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46094669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence-based psychoanalytic case study-prize","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2230774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2230774","url":null,"abstract":"Who can enter & how? The Prize is open to anyone. Trainees can enter. Researchers from outside psychotherapy can enter. Entries should be submitted to the Journal Editor [at any time]. Please follow the Instructions for Authors guidance for submitting entries on the Journal homepage at Taylor Francis. h t t p s : / / w w w. t a n d f o n l i n e . c o m / a c t i o n / a u t h o r S u b m i s s i o n ? s h o w = instructions&journalCode=rpps20 Please indicate that you wish your submission to be considered for the Prize. Award of prize winners for 2023 will be announced and made on publication in the Journal in 2024.","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45187704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial","authors":"P. Cundy","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2230769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2230769","url":null,"abstract":"how TFP (a contemporary object relations approach which has been developed to treat patients with a Borderline Personality Organization) can contribute to the treatment of NPD. They introduce the main tenets of TFP","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49161892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treating Narcissistic Personality Disorders: a case illustration of key clinical contributions from Transference Focused Psychotherapy for psychoanalytic practitioners","authors":"Tennyson Lee, Kenneth N. Levy","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2191264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2191264","url":null,"abstract":"Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is complex and difficult to treat. Whilst there is no research based evidence for the specific treatment of NPD, there is an evidence base for psychotherapeutic approaches to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) which includes Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). TFP is a contemporary object relations approach which has been developed to treat patients with a Borderline Personality Organization, which includes narcissistic personality structures. TFP therefore stands to contribute to the treatment of NPD. We introduce main tenets of TFP, and how TFP views narcissism. We then present a case illustration to illustrate aspects of TFP which are key clinical contributions in treating NPD. These include assessment of personality organization, the treatment contract, transference, countertransference, use of clarification and interpretation, technical neutrality, therapist centered interpretations, the treatment frame and consideration of the stage of treatment","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45272623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Books available for review","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2230773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2230773","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135718027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comprehensive overview of randomized controlled trials of psychodynamic psychotherapies","authors":"Peter Lilliengren","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2197617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2197617","url":null,"abstract":"Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) are currently considered ‘gold standard’ for evaluating psychosocial interventions, including psychodynamic psychotherapies (PDTs). The aim of this review is to summarize all available RCTs involving PDTs. A thorough search yielded 298 studies published between 1967 and 2022. The number of studies has increased over time with 123 (41.2%) published in the last 10 years. Most studies have been conducted in western countries, evaluating PDTs of brief duration (<40 sessions) for adults with mood (k = 67, 22.5%), psychosomatic (k = 38, 12.8%), anxiety (k = 35, 11.7%), or personality disorders (k = 29, 9.7%). The studies have utilized comparative (k = 233, 78.2%), additive (k = 33, 11.1%), parametric (k = 30, 10.1%) and dismantling designs (k = 2, 0.7%) and includes a total of 374 comparisons. Categorization of outcomes suggests that PDTs typically outperforms inactive controls, while comparisons with active treatments, inclugding Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT), typically indicate no statistical difference. While the evidence-base for PDTs is growing, there are still major limitations and many research questions yet to be addressed. There is a pressing need for disseminating the existing research for PDTs to policy makers and the general public, as well as integrating findings in psychodynamic training curriculums.","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44493036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From trauma to harming others. Therapeutic work with delinquent, violent and sexually harmful children and young people","authors":"Aneliya Gonsard","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2023.2188912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2023.2188912","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43026010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Books available for review","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2022.2152606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2022.2152606","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2022)","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138524472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trainee psychologists’ experiences of learning and conducting psychodynamic therapy via telepsychology","authors":"G. Ivey, Lesley Denmeade","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2022.2158210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2022.2158210","url":null,"abstract":"Despite extensive research on telepsychology, less attention has been devoted to psychodynamic therapy (PDT), especially trainee psychologists’ experience of learning and conducting online PDT. Using inductive thematic analysis, this study explored the experiences of student psychologists learning and conducting PDT via video-based web platforms. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 Australian trainee psychologists, all completing the psychodynamic component of their clinical psychology training. Interviews addressed participants’ experiences of online PDT learning and psychotherapy practice, generating five main themes: (1) technological barriers and their impacts, (2) overcoming telepsychology limitations through awareness and adaptation, (3) benefits of telepsychology, (4) effectiveness of psychodynamic telepsychology, and (5) experience of online psychotherapy learning. Participants reported that the paucity of sensory information, client resistance, distraction, problems maintaining therapy boundaries, supervisor opposition, and technological limitations made online PDT difficult to conduct and less effective than in-person treatment. However, some participants noted that the anxiety of commencing PDT delivery was reduced online, and that the ‘layer of separation’ assisted countertransference management. Notwithstanding its inherent limitations, online PDT was perceived to be relatively effective, but this requires specific training in adapting traditional psychodynamic techniques. Furthermore, PDT may be effectively learned online, but is an inferior alternative to in-person training.","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42703666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Large-group psychology: racism, societal divisions, narcissistic leaders and who we are now","authors":"Lopa Winters","doi":"10.1080/02668734.2022.2161605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2022.2161605","url":null,"abstract":"I was drawn to this book given a longstanding interest in the themes. The bold title felt particularly timely, poignant and relevant given disturbing recent world events. The murder of George Floyd, the ensuing Black Lives Matter movement, the impact of COVID-19 upon large group dynamics, and Brexit. Over the pandemic period I have been faculty for a number of Group Relations Conferences and have seen powerful and painful themes of exclusion or hostility based upon race, class, gender and many other divides increasingly played out in this context. Since agreeing to review this book, war has broken out in Ukraine and the sum of the above events and my lived experience of working as a psychiatrist in the state health system, as well as consulting to both national and international groups in private sectors during this period, have made me even more curious as to how we may understand the underlying dynamics and make sense of who and where we are now. As a British-Asian growing up as a second generation immigrant in the United Kingdom I have always been interested in groups and how they act out collective unconscious phantasies towards the threat of ‘the other’. I enjoyed how Volkan started this book by sharing his own context and story so openly to bring the theoretical content to light and reference any possible blind spots in his own accounts. The book continued with many beautifully and simply described narrative experiences and examples of events that I was easily able to visualise and feel whilst reading the text. This enabled me as a reader to truly place myself in an engaged and learning state of mind. The brief sections under each headline meant the theory could be understood in the context of real-life data; rather than remaining abstract, Simple metaphors such as ‘the tent’ we create as a group helped complex theory to resonate and land. The reader feels guided, hand-held through the steps of Volkan’s thoughts as he gradually describes meanings related to events. Concepts such as propaganda and its origins, the differences between rational actor leaders (who factor in no unconscious process) and the dangers","PeriodicalId":54122,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43898077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}