Presence and the Present

Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy offers an applied perspective on psychodynamic psychotherapy relevant to contemporary practice. Emphasizing the therapeutic relationship and the dimension of time, it grounds the discussion in clinical application. Including more than fifty vignettes and four detailed case presentations, the author deconstructs successful interchanges as well as errors. The book also includes extended exploration of clinical issues such as trauma, shame, and bodily experiences of self.

Michael Stadter, Ph.D., is a member of the faculties of the International Institute of Object Relations Therapy and the Washington School of Psychiatry.

Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION I: Core and Contours 1. The Core and Contours of Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Overview and the Times 2. The Contours I 3. The Contours II 4. Does Psychodynamic Therapy Work? Definitely, Yes: The Research Basis 5. Mapping the Inner World: Psychodynamic Theory 6. Time Frames I: Life, Development and Time-Near/Time-Far 7. Time Frames II: From the Present Moment to Interminability to Termination-Therapy Duration, Epochal Moments, and the Self SECTION II: Contemporary Applications 8. Trauma, Time and Countertransference: Leaning In and Leaning Away 9. Psychotherapy of Trauma: Applications and Recommendations 10. Working with Transferences and Countertransferences of the Body: The Autistic-Contiguous Mode of Experience 11. Couple Therapy: Madness Runs in Families and It Runs Both Ways 12. Insight, Relationship and Action: Integrating Psychodynamic and Nondynamic Therapies 13. Shaming and Ashamed In Psychotherapy: Who's Shaming Whom? References Index