ABSTRACT
Though there are multiple manualized, psychodynamic psychotherapies, this chapter will highlight the specific contributions of three evidence-based, manualized psychoanalytic psychotherapies with an emphasis on their unique contributions to clinical practice. They are Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP); Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT); and Panic Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (PFPP). Measuring change in a clinically relevant way might allow for tailoring treatments to the needs of specific patients, and it creates a more direct connection between theory, research, and practice. TFP, MBT, and PFPP provide ripe platforms for this type of research, as the respective manuals that guide their interventions arose out of the rich theoretical and clinical traditions underpinning psychoanalytic treatments. TFP uses the psychoanalytic techniques of clarification, confrontation, and interpretation to identify and then integrate split-off self and object representations. Like TFP, MBT adapts psychoanalytic techniques for the specific needs of borderline patients and emphasizes the importance of ongoing group supervision as crucial to managing countertransference and providing support to clinicians.
