Contemporary Developments in Adult and Young Adult Therapy: The Work of the Tavistock and Portman Clinics

by Alessandra Lemma

Overview

‘This challenging and ambitious book captures the variety and richness of contemporary clinical developments in the Tavistock and Portman Clinics in relation to work with young adults. It sets these developments in lytic and systemic principles that are the centra up over their long and distinguished history. Th that face the Clinics from the evidence-based for resources with forms of practice that are outlines the adaptive and innovative ways to this competitive situation, for example by the context of the collective I underpinning of the Clinics’e book sets the scene for the practice approach and from validated by this approach. in which the Clinics have e development of an internet- based service for young adults, the application of mentalisation-based antisocial patients, and the use of dynamic interpersonal therapy as a br This book will be an inspiring guide and rallying call for practitioners in health field, who face the same inexorable competition for resources in therapy in the NHS and public services.’

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780490069
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/2012
Series:	Tavistock Clinic Series
Edition description:	Volume 1
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Alessandra Lemma is the Unit Director, Psychological Therapies Development Unit, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, and the Clinical Director of the Psychological Interventions Research Centre, University College London. She is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. She is Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London, and Honorary Professor of Psychological Therapies at Essex University. She is the Regional Editor (London) of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and General Editor of the New Library of Psychoanalysis book series (Routledge). She has published several books and papers on psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, the body, and trauma. Alessandra Lemma is also a Winner of the Levy-Goldfarb Award for Child Psychoanalysis.

Table of Contents

SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE — ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS — ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS — FOREWORD — I As we are now — Introduction /Alessandra Lemma — 1 Talk talk: theories and practices for turbulent times /Andrew Cooper — 2 A plurality of just answers /Bernadette Wren & EZZie Kavner — II Psychoanalytic interventions with young adults and adults — Introduction /Alessandra Lemma — 3 Time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy for adolescents and young adults /Stephen Briggs & Louise Lyon — 4 The Young People’s Consultation Services: a model of engagement /Linda Young & Frank Lowe — 5 Complexity in primay care /Brian Rock & Anca Carrington — 6 Treatment continuity in discontinuous worlds /Carine Mtnne — 7 Picking up a log from both ends: couple work in the Tavistock tradition /Joanna Rosenthali — III Innovations in adult mental health care — Introduction /Alessandra Lemma — 8 Treating the untreatable: the evolution of a psychoanalytically informed service for antisocial personality disorder /Jessica YakeZey — 9 Where Internet was, there ego shall be: community and well-being in the digital world /Richard Graham — 10 Dynamic kite Personal therapy (DIT): developing a new intervention for depression /Alessandra Lemma, Mary Target, & Peter Fonagy — INDEX.

Editorial Reviews

"This challenging and ambitious book captures the variety and richness of contemporary clinical developments in the Tavistock and Portman Clinics in relation to work with adults and young adults. It sets these developments in the context of the collective psychoanalytic and systemic principles that are the central underpinning of the Clinics’ work, built up over their long and distinguished history. The book sets the scene for the challenges that face the Clinics from the evidence-based practice approach and from competition for resources with forms of practice that are validated by this approach. The book outlines the adaptive and innovative ways in which the Clinics have responded to this competitive situation, for example by the development of an internet-based service for young adults, the application of mentalisation-based therapy for antisocial patients, and the use of dynamic interpersonal therapy as a brief therapy. This book will be an inspiring guide and rallying call for practitioners in the mental health field, who face the same inexorable competition for resources in providing therapy in the NHS and public services."

Nick Temple

"The Tavistock and Portman Clinics are amongst the world’s best-known psychoanalytic institutions. This volume is a tribute to the resilience and adaptability that has enabled them to survive in a culture of cost-cutting and managerialism. The 'Tavi', readers will find, perhaps to their surprise, is: integrative (developing a dialogue between systemic and psychoanalytic viewpoints), scientifically minded (pioneering brief evidence-based treatments), inclusive (tackling hard to reach client groups), un-hidebound (prepared to question professional and psychoanalytic hegemonies) – yet holding proudly to its core values of open dialogue, authentic authority, and the unceasing effort to articulate the deepest layers of meaning and desire."

Jeremy Holmes

"The Tavistock and Portman Clinics are amongst the world’s best-known psychoanalytic institutions. This volume is a tribute to the resilience and adaptability that has enabled them to survive in a culture of cost-cutting and managerialism. The 'Tavi', readers will find, perhaps to their surprise, is: integrative (developing a dialogue between systemic and psychoanalytic viewpoints), scientifically minded (pioneering brief evidence-based treatments), inclusive (tackling hard to reach client groups), un-hidebound (prepared to question professional and psychoanalytic hegemonies) – yet holding proudly to its core values of open dialogue, authentic authority, and the unceasing effort to articulate the deepest layers of meaning and desire."

"This challenging and ambitious book captures the variety and richness of contemporary clinical developments in the Tavistock and Portman Clinics in relation to work with adults and young adults. It sets these developments in the context of the collective psychoanalytic and systemic principles that are the central underpinning of the Clinics’ work, built up over their long and distinguished history. The book sets the scene for the challenges that face the Clinics from the evidence-based practice approach and from competition for resources with forms of practice that are validated by this approach. The book outlines the adaptive and innovative ways in which the Clinics have responded to this competitive situation, for example by the development of an internet-based service for young adults, the application of mentalisation-based therapy for antisocial patients, and the use of dynamic interpersonal therapy as a brief therapy. This book will be an inspiring guide and rallying call for practitioners in the mental health field, who face the same inexorable competition for resources in providing therapy in the NHS and public services."

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