|
|
 |
APA Psychotherapy Training Videos are intended solely for educational purposes for mental health professionals. Viewers are expected to treat confidential material found herein according to strict professional guidelines. Unauthorized viewing is prohibited.
In Short-Term Dynamic Therapy, Dr. Donald K. Freedheim demonstrates this brief form of psychotherapy. Short-term dynamic therapy focuses on troubling feelings that stem from repressed or unresolved painful events. The aim is to provide insight as to the source of the feelings that inhibit healthy functioning. In this session, Dr. Freedheim works with a 59-year-old woman who still experiences grief surrounding several past losses. This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material. Read about precipitating events and preceding sessions
Short-term dynamic therapy (STDT) uses the same basic principles as psychoanalytic psychotherapy, but with differing methods of practice and somewhat different goals. The purpose of STDT is to help the patient acquire insight into the role of life events and ongoing experiences that contribute to the presenting problems. An alliance with the therapist is also important, because support and guidance can help the patient through difficult conflicts.
Donald K. Freedheim, PhD, is an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University. He earned his doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Duke University and completed an internship at Boston Children's Medical Center. He has served as president of the American Psychological Association Division of Psychotherapy and edited the division's journal, Psychotherapy, for 10 years. He founded the journal Professional Psychology and edited the History of Psychotherapy: A Century of Change for the 100th anniversary of the American Psychological Association. He has had a part-time clinical practice for over 30 years.
APA Videos
APA Books
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
)
