Sensitively updated and revised for modern practice, Anthony Storr's legendary work continues to be an indispensible introductory text for aspiring psychotherapists.

Professor Jeremy Holmes, a friend and colleague of Anthony Storr's and himself a leading psychotherapist, has updated this accessible and humane account of the practice of psychotherapy to include:
integrative psychotherapeutic approaches revised classification of personality types new sections on selection and assessment consideration of evidence-based psychodynamic practice broadened appeal to the full range of mental health professionals

Retaining Anthony Storr's wisdom, vision and classic approach, whilst bringing the text totally up to date, this will be a cornerstone volume for beginner and experienced psychotherapist alike. It will also appeal to psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurses, social workers, counsellors, and other mental health professionals.

Contents

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

Author Bio

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