Embracing Therapeutic Complexity

Using attachment theory as a bridge, this text connects key principles and practices that cut across various therapeutic disciplines and combines them into a unified framework where readers do not have to "put aside" their expertise in order to benefit from the skill sets provided in this book.

In an era where instant gratification has filtered into training programs geared toward technique-driven solutions, Embracing Therapeutic Complexity takes a step back and re-introduces fundamental touchstones that enable clinicians to apply an integrative treatment model in the service of in-depth healing and growth.

Using attachment theory as a bridge, this text connects key principles and practices that cut across various therapeutic disciplines and combines them into a unified framework where readers do not have to "put aside" their expertise in order to benefit from the skill sets provided in this book. In addition, this text addresses the impact that power and privilege have had on shaping our psychological constructs, and it challenges cultural assumptions and blind spots that have shaped our treatment approaches in the past.

Furthermore, this book illustrates how the application of psychodynamic principles can be combined with advances in trauma treatment, thus offering a practical guide for both beginning and seasoned therapists to amplify and expand their current clinical expertise.

Autorentext

Patricia Gianotti, Psy.D., is the Academic Director of The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy at Loyola University Chicago and co-author of two earlier books, Listening with Purpose and Uncovering the Resilient Core.

Inhalt

Introduction: Designing a Framework That Connects Attachment Theory, Neuropsychology, and Trauma Treatment into a Psychodynamic Theoretical Orientation 1. Creating a Three-Dimensional Matrix of the Psyche: Contrasting Two Roadmaps of Relational Development 2. Understanding the Power of Loyalty Contracts: How to Recognize, Articulate, and Interrupt Repeated Patterns of Early Relational Failures 3. Recasting the Art of Case Conceptualization: Holding the Macro and the Micro Perspective Within a Cultural Context 4. Getting Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg: How to Use Entry Points in Language to Uncover Hidden Material 5. Mastering the Technique of Moment-to-Moment Tracking: Mirroring, Sequential Reflection, and Reframing 6. Speaking to the Splits: Understanding the Continuum of Dissociative Process 7. Working with Transferential Enactments as a Leverage for Change