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This book has been replaced by Psychodynamic Therapy, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5407-2.
 

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"An important book that is practical, evidence-based, and useful for the general psychiatrist."
— Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

"The authors' combined wealth of practical experience with clients, students, and research has led to the development of a useful model for practitioners, trainers, and students....The concepts and techniques of 'pragmatic psychodynamic psychotherapy' (PPP) are introduced by means of a case study. PPP involves clear diagnosis and case formulation, which is shared with the client and used to agree a focus for the work. Rather than the traditional 'black screen,' an active, warm, and engaged way of working is advocated....A very useful book for practitioners, students, and trainers alike."
— Therapy Today

"The book's value lies in its ability to function as a tool for engendering the growth and development of psychodynamic therapeutic competency....This book has enormous value to both students and advanced practitioners. We hope that this book is adopted by institutes, graduate programs, and medical schools as a promising text to teach psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as a means of enhancing its effectiveness and preserving its credibility."
— Clinical Social Work Journal

"Summers and Barber focus the light of empirical evidence on this treatment and on its competitors in a clear, concise, and well organized format. This allows them to debunk prevalent myths about psychodynamic theory and practice....The authors organize the presentation of PPP to reflect the three phases of psychotherapy, opening, middle, and ending. They use jargon-free language and they weave clinical vignettes into the chapters in a way that makes difficult concepts readily accessible to learners. One reviewer, a psychiatry resident, found this work to be a very useful synthesis of disparate sources of information regarding psychodynamic theory and practice. The very concrete examples in the clinical vignettes and the tables of key principles made it effortless to assimilate the concepts outlined in the text. Reading this work helped him shape his practice and encouraged him to use psychodynamic psychotherapy with a variety of patients....It is a guide to a mysterious and sometimes difficult area of mental health care. It presents a model of psychodynamic therapy to which a novice can relate and which he or she can safely implement, while leaving ample room for the development of an individuated personal technique....We recommend this book to supervisors and their students."
— Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

"Will serve as a resource for practicing, teaching, and investigating psychotherapy. For the newcomer [the authors] offer a comprehensive framework for approaching the patient in actual clinical practice. For seasoned practitioners it offers a refocused perspective on ongoing therapeutic work. For the teacher the text provides an excellent outline for focusing on the clinical situation. For the researcher it offers a framework that lends itself to use as a research manual."
— Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

“Throughout the book, detailed case studies are presented which help explain the ideas of psychodynamic theory and practice. Each individual's tale of therapy is encapsulating and serves to contextualize the points made by the authors….This book is extremely well written and remarkably easy to pick up and read….It is very down to earth and provides a thorough, yet easy-to-digest knowledge of the development, and current developments of this highly useful technique….A brilliant and very informative book. Between the superbly detailed case studies and the respect for the core beliefs of psychodynamic theory, this book encompasses all there is to know about dynamic psychotherapy, in an accessible manner, and is an essential read for those wanting to know everything about psychodynamic theory in the present day.”
— Clinical Psychology Forum

“Summers and Barber's text represents a careful investment in the psychodynamic tradition and its sensibilities, while also engendering a thoughtful openness to evolving developments in the mental health field….In this book, Summers and Barber fashion a general heuristic view to allow psychodynamic psychotherapy to be accessibly and effectively learned by beginning clinicians. This book's value lies in its ability to function as a tool for engendering the growth and development of psychodynamic therapeutic competency….This book has enormous value to both students and advanced practitioners. We hope that this book is adopted by institutes, graduate programs and medical schools as a promising text to teach psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as a means of enhancing its effectiveness and preserving its credibility.”
— Clinical Social Work Journal