ABSTRACT

Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People will be an indispensable clinician’s guide to the practice of Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TAPP), providing comprehensive instruction on the theory and delivery of this distinctive model of psychotherapy.

TAPP is a manualised brief psychodynamic psychotherapy of 20 sessions, for young people between, approximately, 14 and 25 years, combining psychodynamic psychotherapy with psychosocial understanding of adolescent difficulties. It places emphasis on the therapeutic engagement of young people and works with a developmental focus to effect change and growth. Divided into two parts, "Conceptual Framework" and "Practice", this book combines digestible scholarly analysis with case studies to effect a one-stop practitioner’s guide to TAPP.

Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People will be of immense value to clinicians working with young people, researchers engaging with evaluating TAPP and students of psychotherapy.

chapter Chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part I|1 pages

Conceptual framework

chapter Chapter 2|21 pages

Time-Limited Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

History and current practice

chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

Development in adolescence and young adulthood

chapter Chapter 4|19 pages

Adolescent psychotherapy

part II|1 pages

Practice

chapter Chapter 5|9 pages

Tapp

Rationale and overview

chapter Chapter 6|15 pages

The assessment and engagement process

chapter Chapter 7|16 pages

Making the treatment offerThe developmental focus

chapter Chapter 8|16 pages

Therapeutic priorities in the treatment phase

chapter Chapter 10|17 pages

Ending therapy

chapter Chapter 11|9 pages

Change, growth and outcomes