Learning Supportive Psychotherapy

Learning Supportive Psychotherapy: An Illustrated Guide, 2nd Edition, is a textbook designed to instruct beginning clinicians in the fundamentals of supportive psychotherapy. The text centers on helping patients enhance their overall health, personal well-being, and constructive adaptation to life circumstances.

The volume outlines the core framework of supportive care, addressing clinical indications, phases of therapy, professional boundaries, and session initiation and termination. It also covers methods for patient evaluation, case formulation, and establishing a therapeutic alliance that reduces anxiety and enhances ego functioning.

Intended for novice practitioners and supervisors assessing resident competence, the guide includes video case vignettes and concludes with 75 self-study questions and answers.