Evidence
You want to know that your patients are in good hands with a psychodynamic therapist. The articles and books below are a sample of the rigorous research conducted to prove that psychodynamic therapy works.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Brings Lasting Benefits through Self-Knowledge
Jonathan K. Shedler, PhD
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; American Psychologist, Vol. 65. No.2., 2010
A journal article reporting on the distinctive features of psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as empirical evidence supporting its efficacy.
Longer-duration Psychotherapy Appears More Beneficial for Treatment of Complex Mental Disorders
Falk Leichsenring, D.Sc., Sven Rabung, Ph.D.
JAMA, 2008
A brief article citing studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggesting that longer-term psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective and superior to shorter-term therapy for patients with complex mental disorders such as personality and chronic mental disorders.
The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Jonathan Shedler
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, 2010
A journal article reporting on the distinctive features of psychodynamic psychotherapy as well as empirical evidence supporting its efficacy.
A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Panic Disorder
Barbara Milrod, M.D. Andrew C. Leon, Ph.D. et al
Am J Psychiatry, 2007
Evidence as to the efficacy of panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy relative to applied relaxation training.
Does Psychotherapy Benefit Neurotic Patients?
Andrews G, Harvey R.
Archives of General Psychiatry, 1981
Research findings indicating that behavior and psychodynamic verbal therapies appear to be superior to other therapies in treating clients who experience heightened neurosis.
A Five-year Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Person-centred Counselling in Routine Clinical Practice in Primary Care
Isabel Gibbard, Terry Hanley
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 2008
Research findings indicating that that person-centred counselling is effective for clients with common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression.
Inside the Experience of Anorexia Nervosa: a Narrative Thematic Analysis
James Alistair Ross, Charlotte Green
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
Linking research with practice Volume 11, Issue 2, 2011
Research findings indicating the importance of the therapeutic relationship and suggesting that psychodynamic and attachment theories should be used to inform overall treatment models for women with anorexia nervosa.
Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice
by G.O. Gabbard (Foreword), Raymond A. Levy (Editor), J. Stuart Ablon (Editor)
Springer, 2009
Brings together a panel of distinguished clinician-researchers who published findings suggest that psychodynamic psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many common psychological problems.
Evidence Based Counselling and Psychological Therapies
Edited by Nancy Rowland, Stephen Goss
Routledge, 2000
A range of contributors provide an overview of evidence-based health care and the research methods that underpin it, demonstrating its effect on policy, provision, practitioners and patients.