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Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy book cover

1st Edition

Beginnings The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy

By Mary Jo Peebles-Kleiger Copyright 2002
344 Pages
by Routledge

How does the therapist begin psychotherapy? How, that is, does she conceptualize the needs of the patient while simultaneously enlisting him or her as an active partner in formulating an individualized working plan? And how should supervisors teach the skills needed to make the intake procedure truly the beginning of treatment? In Beginnings: The Art and Science of Planning Psychotherapy Mary... Read more
What Do We Mean by Diagnosis? Alliance. Focus. History Taking: Comprehensive or Selective? Patient Activity. What Material Is Important. How Can We Be Sure? Trial Interventions and Feedback. The Concept of Underlying Disturbance. Deficit. Characterological Dysfunction. Conflict. Trauma. Enhancing the Patient's Ability to Form an Alliance. Reality Testing and Reasoning. Emotional Regulation. Relatedness. Conscience. The Psychological Costs of Change. The Patient's Learning Style. Expectations. Priorities and Modalities.

Biography

A graduate of the Topeka Institute of Psychoanalysis and former member of the medical staff of Chestnut Lodge Hospital, Mary Jo Peebles-Kleiger, Ph.D., worked, supervised, and taught at the Menninger Clinic for nearly two decades.  In addition to being a psychoanalyst, she has trained in biofeedback and EMDR and is board-certified in both clinical psychology and clinical hypnosis.  She is currently in private practice in Bethesda, MD.

"A superb integration of theory, empirical reseach, and clinical wisdom.  Beginnings brings together in a wonderful way advances in psychological research, psychotherapy theory, and practical planning of a treatment intervention.  It presents the best available introductory text to guide the young psychotherapist through the labyrinth of theories, findings, and recommendations that can often destroy the natural creativity of the beginning practitioner or even those of us who are more experienced."

- Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London

"Dr. Peebles-Kleiger has written a masterful and comprehensive summary of how the psychotherapist should think in developing a psychotherapeutic treatment plan for patients.  She accomplishes the difficult task of being both scholarly and practical at the same time.  Her book will be equally useful for students and experienced clinicians alike."

- Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

"This comprehensive guide to planning psychotherapy is noteworthy for cutting across a broad range of treatment models and exploring universal factors that clinicians should consider in the beginning phase of psychotherapy.  Peebles-Kleiger describes and illustrates the treatment planning process in a step-by-step, highly readable, and user-friendly manner while also showing how it is grounded in clinical writings and research.  Any clinician or trainee who is engaged in, or learning about, the practice of psychotherapy will find Beginnings a valuable guide and an important resource."

- Eda G. Goldstein, DSW, Author, When the Bubble Bursts (Analytic Press, 2005)

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