TIME LIMITED DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY

General Introduction

= A time sensitive approach for clients with chronic, pervasive dysfunctional ways of relating to others.

• Theoretical roots of the approach.

• Pioneers of TLDP and recommended readings.

• An interpersonal approach.

Strengths of the TLDP

• Applicability to difficult patients.

• Relevance for psychodynamically-trained clinicians.

• An empirically tested model.

• Avoids complex metatheoretical constructs

Assumptions of TLDP

• Maladaptive relationship patterns are learned in the past.

• Such maladaptive patterns are maintained in the present.

• These patterns are also re-enacted in therapy.

• The primary tx focus on the chief problematic relationship pattern.

Goals of TLDP

• New experience.

• New understanding.

Cyclical Maladaptive Pattern

• The idiosyncratic “vicious cycle” of maladaptive interactions that a particular patient gets into when he or she relates to others.

• Steps in case formulation.

Pioneers of TLDP & Recommended Readings

• Levenson, H. (1995). Time-limited dynamic psychotherapy: A guide to clinical practice. New York: Basic Books

• Strupp, H.H. & Binder, J.L. (1984). Psychotherapy in a New Key. New York: Basic Books.