The Psychodynamic Approach
Becoming a Therapist: The Personal Journey towards Skilled Practice
Becoming a Therapist: Other Ways to Enhance Personal Growth
Therapist as Neurosurgeon: Understanding the Brain and the Implications for Psychotherapy
Setting the Scene for Therapy: The Therapeutic Frame
The First Sessions: The Therapeutic Alliance
Working with Unconscious Communication
The Theory Underlying Technique: Transference and Countertransference
Types of Interpretation
Interpreting the Transference and Countertransference
Understanding and Working with Defences
Managing the Therapeutic Process
Assessment and Formulation
How Do We Know it Works? And Why Has it Been So Difficult to Spread the Good News?

This is a step-by-step guide to the key skills and techniques of the psychodynamic approach used at each stage of the therapeutic process. Updated in a second edition, the book includes a new chapter on neuropsychology and its implications for theory and practice, new content on working in the NHS and other settings, additional case material and updates to all chapters reflecting recent literature, research and understanding.

Susan Howard is semi-retired, having taught at the University of Surrey for two decades. She still has a small private practice focusing on supervision and training. She is currently Chair of IPT UK.