Assessment in Psychotherapy

Alfille, Helen

• Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Assessment for psychoanalytic psychotherapy: an overview of the literature -- Where referrals come from and some links with general practice -- The difference between diagnosis and assessment in psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- Once-weekly or more intensive therapy -- The significance of the opening story -- The assessment consultation -- Transference and countertransference in the assessment consultation -- Boundaries and difficulties in assessment -- Contraindications for psychodynamic psychotherapy -- Conclusions