Experiential Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Manual

Take your feelings and fly! This is the spirit of the present E-STDP manual. Psychotherapists are shown how the visceral experience of hitherto unconscious feelings can be brought about in the here and now of the session and used therapeutically. Special emphasis is given to the techniques, i.e. how to operate and when to use which type of therapeutic activity, according to the moment-to-moment feedback coming from the patient. The book is meant for psychotherapists and other mental health professionals, wishing to upgrade their skills in the experiential and relational techniques, capable of accelerating the process of dynamic change. The detailed description of two cases, from initial evaluation to 2-year follow-up, will arouse the interest of all those who are fascinated by human life-stories.

Ferruccio Osimo, M.D. is the President of IESA, the International Experiential STDP Association www.stdp.net. He is Adjunct Professor at Universita Statale di Milano - Italy, and a Member of: OPIFER, the Italian Psychoanalytic Organization and Roster; the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry; the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists. His studies on the quality of therapeutic results are described in Psychodynamics, Training, and Outcome in Brief Psychotherapy (1992) co-authored with D.H. Malan. He recently published a chapter in the Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy (Wiley, 2002). Dr. Osimo trains other professionals in E-STDP. For information on advanced courses: stdp.net@tin.it (Italian Core Training) and (NYC Core Training).