Getting Started: An Introduction to Dynamic Psychotherapy / Edition 1

by Joel Kotin

Overview

Written for therapists to read early in their training, this book provides information about one approach to working with patients. Early chapters describe approaches to the initial interview of a new patient and offer an outline for exploring the patient's personal history, then introduce some basic theoretical concepts. The remainder of the book consists of chapters on each of the three phases of psychotherapy interspersed with sections on specific technical issues. Author information is not given. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781568214511
Publisher:	Aronson, Jason Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 8.72(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

Joel Kotin, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the College of Medicine, University of California at Irvine. He is also training and supervising analyst at the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute as well as at the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute. As a consultant child psychiatrist to the Children's and Youth Services of the Orange County Department of Mental Health, and director of Psychiatry at the Laguna Beach Community Clinic, Dr. Kotin has provided training to therapists from many disciplines, including psychology, social work, and psychiatric nursing. In the past, Dr. Kotin was a clinical associate at the National Institute of Mental Health, a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the Executive Council of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has published numerous professional articles on psychopharmacology and community psychiatry as well as on psychotherapy.

Editorial Reviews

As the commercial says, 'I like it.' It spells things out in a clear, understandable way—quite without jargon. It should be helpful to beginners and would make an excellent text from which to teach.

Richard P. Fox

This book contains much of the common sense and the uncommon sense of the therapeutics encounter. Through his lucid, organized, and compassionate approach, Kotin effectively guides the beginning therapist around the shoals that we are all most likely to founder on. Moreover, the book is an invaluable source for anyone teaching dynamic psychotherapy. By not oversimplifying, or trying to force resolutions where none may exist, Kotin provides a rationale for clinical work that brings a rare wisdom to the field.

Morton Shane

Almost four decades have passed since my friend Dr. Robert Wallerstein and I published The Teaching and Learning of Psychotherapy. Joel Kotin's work goes beyond our beginning and helps students to get started. He then goes far beyond his teachers. This important work should reach every beginning therapist.

Rudolf Ekstein

A work of great warmth and wisdom that welcomes the reader new to psychotherapy. Dr. Kotin offers a practical approach that respects the individuality of each therapist as well as the nuances in such a complex field. This is the book and the teacher we all wish we had encountered as we were getting started.

R. James Perkins