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Failures in psychodynamic psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Gold Jerry,
Stricker George
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20847
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , psychology , session (web analytics) , psychotherapist , presentation (obstetrics) , psychodynamic psychotherapy , medicine , world wide web , computer science , radiology
This article addresses the issue of failures in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Drawing on the clinical and research literatures, and utilizing our clinical experiences, we first describe and define criteria for success and failure in treatment. We then review five factors that can lead to failure: client factors, therapist factors, technical factors, relationship factors, and environmental factors. We illustrate our presentation with a case example, and conclude by discussing ways in which the likelihood of failures in psychodynamic treatment can be lowered. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 67:1–10, 2011.