Annotated Psychotherapy

Annotated Psychotherapy demonstrates how an experienced psychotherapist develops and carries out the right treatment plan through interactions with the patient or client. In these pages, clinicians will find an explanation of everything the therapist says to patients or clients: why they say it, what they intend it to do, how it fits in with the treatment plan for that person, and, importantly, what might have been said that would be better. Each of the eight sessions are presented in the form of a transcript that shows how a seasoned clinician might conduct the session-what their internal judgments are and what reasoning or rationale they might have for the therapeutic interventions they choose. Discussion sections after each transcript and a glossary provide helpful explanatory material for the key ideas and concepts, making this book an enlightening resource for therapists working and training in psychotherapy, whether their background is psychology, social work, psychiatry, or counseling.

Richard B. Makover, a lecturer at the Yale School of Medicine, developed his psychotherapy concepts in private practice and as clinical director of mental health services at a large health maintenance organization in Connecticut. For more information, please visit richardmakover.com.

1. Introduction  2. General Principles of Psychotherapy  3. Therapeutic Communication  Case One: Holly: A Troubled Teenage Marriage  Case Two: George: An Unsettled Graduate Student  Case Three: Ellen: A Nurse in a High Stress Job  Case Four: Charles: An Older Man Facing an Existential Challenge  Case Five: Sophie: A Discouraged Divorcée  Case Six: Martin: An Isolated Young Researcher  Case Seven: Dave: A Serial Adulterer  Case Eight: Dorothy: A Struggling New Mother