Evaluating Core Competencies in Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Core Competencies

Symptomatology of Public Hospital Patients Entering Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared A. DeFife ◽  
Rebecca L. Drill ◽  
Jack Beinashowitz ◽  
Ash Turnbull ◽  
Elizabeth B. Naughter
Keyword(s):  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Hospital Patients

Therapeutic immediacy across long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy: An evidence-based case study.

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Mayotte-Blum ◽  
Jenelle Slavin-Mulford ◽  
Meaghan Lehmann ◽  
Frank Pesale ◽  
Nikaya Becker-Matero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Evidence Based

scholarly journals Development of Brazilian prototypes for short-term psychotherapies

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Barcellos Serralta ◽  
John Stuart Ablon
Keyword(s):  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Psychotherapy Process ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Factor Scores ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Initial Support ◽  
Type Factor ◽  
Expert Ratings

Abstract Introduction: The Psychotherapy Process Q-Set (PQS) prototype method is used to measure the extent to which ideal processes of different psychotherapies are present in real cases, allowing researchers to examine how adherence to these models relates to or predicts change. Results from studies of short-term psychotherapies suggest that the original psychodynamic prototype is more suitable for studying psychoanalysis and long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy than its time-limited counterparts. Furthermore, culture probably influences how therapies are typically conducted in a given country. Therefore, it seems appropriate to develop Brazilian prototypes on which to base studies of short-term psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral processes in this country. Objective: To develop prototypes for studying processes of short-term psychotherapies and to examine the degree of adherence of two real psychotherapy cases to these models. Methods: Expert clinicians used the PQS to rate a hypothetical ideal session of either short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (STPP) or cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Ratings were submitted to Q-type factor analysis to confirm the two groups. Regressive factor scores were rank ordered to describe the prototypes. These ideal models were correlated with ratings of actual therapy processes in two complete psychotherapy cases, one STPP and the other CBT. Results: Agreement levels between expert ratings were high and the two ideal models were confirmed. As expected, the PQS ratings for actual STPP and CBT cases had significant correlations with their respective ideal models, but the STPP case also adhered to the CBT prototype. Conclusion: Overall, the findings reveal the adequacy of the prototypes for time-limited therapies, providing initial support of their validity.

scholarly journals Long-term Post-merger Performance of Firms in India

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Economic Liberalization ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Indian Industry ◽  
The Past

Mergers are important corporate strategy actions that, among other things, aid the firm in external growth and provide it competitive advantage. This area has spawned a vast amount of literature over the past half a century, especially in the developed economies of the world. India too has been seeing a growth in the number of mergers over the past one-and-a-half decades since economic liberalization and financial reforms were introduced in 1991. Studies on the post-merger long-term performance of firms in both the developed and the developing markets have not been able to come to a definite and convincing conclusion about whether mergers have helped or hindered firm performance. Our literature review shows that mergers do not appear to be resulting in favourable financial performance of firms in the long-term in the markets where they are a fairly recent phenomenon. The economic liberalization and reforms initiated in 1991 in India have served to trigger corporate restructuring through M&As. The removal of industrial licensing, lifting of monopoly provisions under the MRTP Act, easing of foreign investment, encouraging the import of raw materials, capital goods, and technology have increased the competition in Indian industry. Firms are free to fix their capacity, technology, location, etc., to enhance their efficiency. The amendment of the MRTPA has made it possible for group companies to consolidate through mergers eliminating duplication of resources and bringing down costs. M&A has now become a viable strategy for growth in India. Immediately after liberalization, Indian industry added capacity since it expected a rapidly expanding market due to the perceived latent demands of the vast middle class. But the lower income groups could not participate in the consumer goods market. The economy began to slow down from 1996. This squeezed the profit margins of local firms that now had excess capacities. Industry saw a spate of restructuring in the form of shedding non-core activities in favour of core competencies and expansion through M&As, in a bid for survival. According to market reformers, growth is the result of efficient utilization of resources on the supply side. In a free market economy, utilization becomes more efficient due to competition. It is thus hypothesized that -- Mergers in India have resulted in improved long-term post-merger firm operating performance through enhanced efficiency. Statistically analysed cash flow accounting measures were used to study whether firm performance improved in the long-term post-merger. This research, on a sample of 87 domestic mergers, validates the hypothesis: Efficiency appears to have improved post-merger lending synergistic benefits to the merged entities. Synergistic benefits appear to have accrued due to the transformation of the hitherto uncompetitive, fragmented nature of Indian firms before merger, into consolidated and operationally more viable business units. This improved operating cash flow return is on account of improvements in the post-merger operating margins of the firms, though not of the efficient utilization of the assets to generate higher sales.

scholarly journals The role of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in improving attachment patterns, defense styles, and alexithymia in patients with depressive/anxiety disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Mojgan Khademi ◽  
Mahmoud Hajiahmadi ◽  
Mahbobeh Faramarzi
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Defense Styles ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Introduction Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (LTPP) emphasizes the centrality of intrapsychic and unconscious conflicts and their relation to development. Although there is evidence supporting the efficacy of LTPP in mental disorders, little research has been published on the efficacy of LTPP for depressive and anxiety disorders. Objective To examine whether patients with anxiety and depressive disorders demonstrate improvement in their attachment styles, defense styles, psychiatric symptoms, anxiety/depressive symptoms, and alexithymia with LTPP. Methods In this retrospective, descriptive study, the psychological outcomes of patients who were treated at the psychoanalytic clinic of Babol University of Medical Sciences were assessed. Fourteen patients diagnosed with depressive or anxiety disorder participated in the study of LTPP using the self-psychology approach. The Beck Depression Inventory II, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Adult Attachment Scale, 40-item Defense Style Questionnaire, and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale were administered at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-month follow-up. Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze changes in psychological outcomes after each of the three assessments. Results The mean scores of depression and anxiety and secure attachment improved significantly after LTPP with self-psychology approach from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up. Also, the mean scores of neurotic and immature defenses, difficulty in identifying feelings, difficulty in describing feelings, externally oriented thinking, and total alexithymia scores decreased significantly from baseline to post-treatment and follow-up. Conclusion Symptoms of anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, insecure attachment styles, alexithymia, and neurotic/immature defense styles improved after the LTPP with self-psychology approach. Moreover, the improvements persisted at the 6-month follow-up.

scholarly journals Interaction structures in the psychodynamic psychotherapy of a patient with chronic diseases and somatic symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-135
Author(s):  
Pricilla Braga Laskoski ◽  
Simone Hauck ◽  
Stefania Pigatto Teche ◽  
Carolina Stopinski Padoan ◽  
Alcina Juliana Soares Barros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Clinical Validity ◽  
Specific Patient ◽  
Technical Management ◽  
Process Studies ◽  
Patterns Of Interaction

Abstract Objective This study aimed to identify and analyze the interaction structures (ISs) (patterns of reciprocal interaction between the patient-therapist dyad) that characterize the process of a successful long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy (28 months) of a patient with chronic diseases (lupus and fibromyalgia) and somatic symptoms. Methods The 113 sessions were videotaped and analyzed alternately (n = 60) by independent judges using the Psychotherapy Process Q-Set. Inter-rater reliability ranged from 0.60 to 0.90, with a mean of r = 0.71 (Pearson’s correlation). Through a principal component exploratory factor analysis, four ISs were identified. Result The patterns of interaction between patient and therapist showed clinical validity (i.e., they were easily interpretable in the context of the case under study). The ISs were non-linear and more or less prominent across different treatment sessions and stages. Some ISs were similar to those in other studies, and others were probably unique to the present process. In addition, some ISs were independent, whereas others were interrelated over time. Conclusion Process studies, such as the present one, seek to address questions about the characteristics of the interaction between patient and therapist as well as to identify particular patterns of interaction that are most prominent with a specific patient at a specific condition or time. Therefore, these studies can provide some support in establishing knowledge for clinical practice, assisting in the training of therapists, as well as in the elaboration of general guidelines for the technical management of patients with specific characteristics.

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