Table of Contents:
  • What is a psychodynamic formulation?
  • How do we use psychodynamic formulations?
  • How do we construct psychodynamic formulations?
  • Self
  • Relationships
  • Adapting
  • Cognition
  • Work and play
  • What we're born with : genetics and prenatal development
  • The earliest years
  • Middle childhood
  • Later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
  • Trauma
  • The role of early cognitive and emotional difficulties
  • Conflict and defense
  • Relationships with others
  • The development of the self
  • Attachment
  • Psychodynamic formulation in acute care settings
  • Psychodynamic formulation in psychopharmacologic treatment
  • Psychodynamic formulation in psychodynamic psychotherapy
  • Sharing formulations with our patients.