TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic interventions related to outcome in psychodynamic psychotherapy for anxiety disorder patients
AU - Slavin-Mulford, Jenelle
AU - Hilsenroth, Mark
AU - Weinberger, Joel
AU - Gold, Jerold
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - This is the first study with acceptable inter-rater reliability to examine specific therapeutic techniques related to change in anxiety disorder patients during short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. The study first examined the effectiveness of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and results showed significant and positive pre-/post-treatment changes on both patient and independent clinical ratings for anxiety, global symptomatology, relational, social, and occupational functioning. Likewise, the majority of patients (76%) reported anxiety symptoms within a normal distribution at termination. Importantly, psychodynamic interventions rated early in treatment (third/fourth session) were positively related to changes in anxiety symptoms. Further, results showed that several individual psychodynamic techniques were meaningfully related to outcome including (1) focusing on wishes, fantasies, dreams, and early memories; (2) linking current feelings or perceptions to the past; (3) highlighting patients' typical relational patterns; and (4) helping patients to understand their experiences in new ways. Clinical applications are discussed.
AB - This is the first study with acceptable inter-rater reliability to examine specific therapeutic techniques related to change in anxiety disorder patients during short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy. The study first examined the effectiveness of short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy and results showed significant and positive pre-/post-treatment changes on both patient and independent clinical ratings for anxiety, global symptomatology, relational, social, and occupational functioning. Likewise, the majority of patients (76%) reported anxiety symptoms within a normal distribution at termination. Importantly, psychodynamic interventions rated early in treatment (third/fourth session) were positively related to changes in anxiety symptoms. Further, results showed that several individual psychodynamic techniques were meaningfully related to outcome including (1) focusing on wishes, fantasies, dreams, and early memories; (2) linking current feelings or perceptions to the past; (3) highlighting patients' typical relational patterns; and (4) helping patients to understand their experiences in new ways. Clinical applications are discussed.
KW - CPPS
KW - Psychodynamic psychotherapy
KW - STPP
KW - anxiety
KW - technique
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182125d60
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3182125d60
M3 - Article
C2 - 21451344
AN - SCOPUS:79954542990
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 199
SP - 214
EP - 221
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 4
ER -