How to practice brief psychodynamic psychotherapy: The core conflictual relationship theme method.

Abstract

Introduction to the Brief Psychodynamic and the CCRT Method: The Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies Definition of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies General Characteristics of the Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapies Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Basic Techniques of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Countertransference The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) Focus Summary. Identifying the CCRT Focus: What the CCRT Looks Like How the CCRT is Generated - the Relationship Episode The Three Components of a CCRT - Wish, Response from Other, and Response from Self Summary. Making the Unspoken Component of the CCRT Explicit: Making the Wish Explicit Making the Response of the Other (RO) Explicit Making the Response of Self (RS) Explicit Corroborating Information Defining the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) Enactments Summary. The Goal of BPP - Actualizing the Wish: Working Through the Response of the Other as Transference Distortion or Repetition Compulsion the Three Phases of 16-session CCRT Method of BPP Regressive versus Progressive Wishes (Ws) Summary. The Three Phases of Treatment: Phase I (Sessions 1 to 4) - Demonstrating the Ubiquity of the CCRT Phase II (Sessions 5 to 12) - Working Through the RO Phase III (Sessions 13 to 16) - Termination, Common Questions and Answers About the CCRT Summary. Practicing the CCRT Method of Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, a Case Study - Assessment Process: Capturing Relationship Episodes While Taking a History and Carrying out a Mental Status Examination Creating Ms. Benton's CCRT Summary. Socialization Interview: Presenting the CCRT Specifying the 16-session Time-Limit Summary. Phase I - Demonstrating the Ubiquity of the CCRT: Common Questions and Answers about Phase I Summary. Phase II - Identifying and Working Through the RO: Increased Spontaneous Awareness of the CCRT Working Through the RO - Fears that Others Will Be Angry At Her Working Through the RO - Fears That She Will Damage Others A Countertransference Error Common Questions and Answers about Phase II Summary. Phase III - Termination: Maintaining Focus on Termination Following-Up Common Questions and Answers About Phase III Summary.