This book provides clinicians and students with insights on the use of psychodynamic
therapy to treat drug abuse and addiction, combining theory with clinical case material. The …

Psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories are fundamental to modern psychiatric
practice, including addiction treatment. Although some investigators have argued that …

Background The theory supporting psychodynamic therapy originated in and is informed by
psychoanalytic theory. There are four major schools of psychoanalytic theory, each of which …

Psychodynamically trained clinicians have much to offer patients with substance use
disorders, but lack a coherent model of treatment for addictions. This paper proposes a …

An understanding of addiction to drugs and alcohol and their treatment is reviewed from a
modern-day psychodynamic perspective drawing on ego/self-psychology and object …

In this paper I would like to reflect and draw upon a psychodynamic perspective and four
decades of work with drug-dependent patients, to look at the struggles and suffering that …

Contemporary psychodynamic therapists, as contrasted with early ones, are more active and
interactive, less dependent on interpretations, and more focused on affects, self-regulation …

This qualitative research study makes use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to
examine psychoanalytic psychotherapy as an effective treatment method for patients with a …

This chapter discusses the etiology, psychology, and treatment of substance use disorders
(SUDs) from a contemporary psychodynamic perspective. This discussion is important for …

In contrast to early psychodymamic formulations of addictions which stressed pleasure
seeking or self-destruction, a modern psychodynamic perspective places greater emphasis …