The setting
The initial interview
Getting going: overcoming initial resistance
Making progress
Interpretation
Dreams, daydreams and creativity
The nature of the therapeutic relationship: boundaried intimacy
Transference and counter-transference
Diagnosis and psychodynamic formulation
Depression
Anxiety
Patterns of personality
The science of psychotherapy
The end of therapy
The life and work of a psychotherapist
Epilogue: Beyond therapy
Biography
Professor Jeremy Holmes, BA, MA, MB B Ch; FRCPsych; MRCP; MD; BPC, Co-lead psychoanalytic stream University of Exeter Masters programme in psychological therapies & Psychodynamic Professional Qualification course 2002-2009; Writing; Lecturing nationally and internationally; part-time private psychotherapy practice.
The late Anthony Storr
"One of the strengths of this book is the way in which it meets with the reader's everyday concerns. ... concise, practical, and written in an accessible and dynamic way. As such, it would appeal to anyone interested in psychotherapy, but may be especially useful as an introductory text to core trainees and higher trainees undertaking psychodynamic cases."
—Lauren Wilson, St. John’s Hospital, Livingston, UK in The Psychiatrist
