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Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy for Beginners
A Clear, Practical Introduction to ISTDP: Core Concepts, the Triangle of Conflict, and Working with Emotion and Defense
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PublishDrive Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36347527
EAN: 9798905996870
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Zustellung: Do, 26.11.2026
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Beschreibung
The Therapy Everyone Whispers About. You have heard the name in consultation groups and conference hallways. Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, the model where clients reach in months what other approaches chase for years. Then you looked for a way in and found dense clinical manuals, advanced technique guides, and training fees, with nothing written for someone starting from zero. A Clear Front Door to ISTDP. This book explains ISTDP in plain English, assuming no psychoanalytic background at all. You will learn the triangle of conflict and the triangle of persons, the three pathways anxiety takes through the body, and the compassionate logic of working with defenses. You will walk through a first session, understand what pressure really means inside a strong alliance, see how the graded format adapts the model for fragile clients, and learn what actually happens in a breakthrough and the quiet consolidation that follows. The book is honest about the model's evidence base, its controversies, and its limits. Why This Book Is Different. Most ISTDP books are written for clinicians already inside the model. This one is written for the curious reader standing outside it. Every concept is taught through realistic stories and worked examples before any theory arrives, each chapter includes a section on what to do when the ideas do not click, and the final chapters give you something no other introduction provides: a practical map of the training path, what it costs, how to vet a trainer, what to read next, and a structured ninety-day self-study plan you can start immediately. Who This Book Is For. This book is for readers who want to understand ISTDP before committing to training, therapists and counselors whose clients talk about feelings without ever seeming to feel them, students of psychology and psychotherapy curious about psychodynamic and emotion-focused approaches, CBT-trained clinicians looking for what to do when insight does not produce change, and anyone who has watched an ISTDP demonstration video and wondered how it works. Reading this book will not make you an ISTDP therapist, and it says so plainly. What it offers is understanding: the model moved from rumor to working knowledge, and a clear view of the door if you decide to walk through it. If you want a warm, practical introduction to Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, this book is a structured place to begin.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Valentine George Lucas
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 120