Michael Stadter, PhD, maintains a private practice in Bethesda, MD. He is author of Object Relations Brief Therapy: The Therapeutic Relationship in Short-Term Work.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSECTION I: Core and Contours1. The Core and Contours of Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Overview and the Times2. The Contours I3. The Contours II4. Does Psychodynamic Therapy Work? Definitely, Yes: The Research Basis5. Mapping the Inner World: Psychodynamic Theory 6. Time Frames I: Life, Development and Time-Near/Time-Far 7. Time Frames II: From the Present Moment to Interminability to Termination—Therapy Duration, Epochal Moments, and the SelfSECTION II: Contemporary Applications8. Trauma, Time and Countertransference: Leaning In and Leaning Away9. Psychotherapy of Trauma: Applications and Recommendations10. Working with Transferences and Countertransferences of the Body: The Autistic-Contiguous Mode of Experience11. Couple Therapy: Madness Runs in Families and It Runs Both Ways12. Insight, Relationship and Action: Integrating Psychodynamic and Nondynamic Therapies13. Shaming and Ashamed In Psychotherapy: Who’s Shaming Whom?ReferencesIndex

Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy makes a truly unique contribution to the field of psychodynamic therapy. In a creative way, it combines a masterful integration of contemporary views of psychotherapy with an illuminating illustration of how a skilled clinician makes use of such an integrated approach. Dr. Stadter also breaks new ground by exploring the phenomenon of time and its relationship to psychotherapy in a most original way. Reading Presence and the Present is a valuable educational experience; one that will enhance the work of anyone engaged in the field of psychotherapy.

Michael Stadter, PhD, maintains a private practice in Bethesda, MD. He is author of Object Relations Brief Therapy: The Therapeutic Relationship in Short-Term Work.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSECTION I: Core and Contours1. The Core and Contours of Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Overview and the Times2. The Contours I3. The Contours II4. Does Psychodynamic Therapy Work? Definitely, Yes: The Research Basis5. Mapping the Inner World: Psychodynamic Theory 6. Time Frames I: Life, Development and Time-Near/Time-Far 7. Time Frames II: From the Present Moment to Interminability to Termination—Therapy Duration, Epochal Moments, and the SelfSECTION II: Contemporary Applications8. Trauma, Time and Countertransference: Leaning In and Leaning Away9. Psychotherapy of Trauma: Applications and Recommendations10. Working with Transferences and Countertransferences of the Body: The Autistic-Contiguous Mode of Experience11. Couple Therapy: Madness Runs in Families and It Runs Both Ways12. Insight, Relationship and Action: Integrating Psychodynamic and Nondynamic Therapies13. Shaming and Ashamed In Psychotherapy: Who’s Shaming Whom?ReferencesIndex

Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy makes a truly unique contribution to the field of psychodynamic therapy. In a creative way, it combines a masterful integration of contemporary views of psychotherapy with an illuminating illustration of how a skilled clinician makes use of such an integrated approach. Dr. Stadter also breaks new ground by exploring the phenomenon of time and its relationship to psychotherapy in a most original way. Reading Presence and the Present is a valuable educational experience; one that will enhance the work of anyone engaged in the field of psychotherapy.

Michael Stadter, PhD, maintains a private practice in Bethesda, MD. He is author of Object Relations Brief Therapy: The Therapeutic Relationship in Short-Term Work.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionSECTION I: Core and Contours1. The Core and Contours of Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Overview and the Times2. The Contours I3. The Contours II4. Does Psychodynamic Therapy Work? Definitely, Yes: The Research Basis5. Mapping the Inner World: Psychodynamic Theory 6. Time Frames I: Life, Development and Time-Near/Time-Far 7. Time Frames II: From the Present Moment to Interminability to Termination—Therapy Duration, Epochal Moments, and the SelfSECTION II: Contemporary Applications8. Trauma, Time and Countertransference: Leaning In and Leaning Away9. Psychotherapy of Trauma: Applications and Recommendations10. Working with Transferences and Countertransferences of the Body: The Autistic-Contiguous Mode of Experience11. Couple Therapy: Madness Runs in Families and It Runs Both Ways12. Insight, Relationship and Action: Integrating Psychodynamic and Nondynamic Therapies13. Shaming and Ashamed In Psychotherapy: Who’s Shaming Whom?ReferencesIndex

Presence and the Present: Relationship and Time in Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy makes a truly unique contribution to the field of psychodynamic therapy. In a creative way, it combines a masterful integration of contemporary views of psychotherapy with an illuminating illustration of how a skilled clinician makes use of such an integrated approach. Dr. Stadter also breaks new ground by exploring the phenomenon of time and its relationship to psychotherapy in a most original way. Reading Presence and the Present is a valuable educational experience; one that will enhance the work of anyone engaged in the field of psychotherapy.