Models of Brief Psychodynamic Therapy: A Comparative Approach

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Text reviewing and evaluating the theory, research, and practice of psychodynamically oriented brief psychotherapy. Groups theories that share similar assumptions about patient selection, personality theory, and technique.

Stanley B. Messer, PhD, is Professor and Chairperson in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University. He is coeditor, with Alan S. Gurman, of Essential Psychotherapies, with C. Seth Warren of Models of Brief Psychodynamic Therapy, and with Paul L. Wachtel of Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and Evolution. He has been an Associate Editor of American Psychologist and is on the editorial boards of several other journals. He has written extensively about the prospects for psychotherapy integration, and conducts research on brief psychotherapy. Dr. Messer practices psychodynamic psychotherapy in Highland Park, New Jersey.

C. Seth Warren, PhD, is Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University. Dr. Warren maintains a private practice in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the New York City metropolitan area.