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Tuesday Jun 24, 2008

Dynamic Supportive Therapy

An issue of Focus (4:253, April 2006), reprinted from the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (2000; 9:173?189), has an paper looking at some of the "Basic Strategies of Dynamic Supportive Therapy" by Donald A. Misch, M.D. (requires a subscription for the full paper).

Looking at the therapeutic strategies available the paper points to the opportunities for Vicarious Learning both in the patient and for their carers, helping them to adopt and adapt to the therapeutic role.

The full abstract reads

Supportive therapy is the psychotherapeutic approach employed with the majority of mentally ill individuals. Nevertheless, most mental health professional training programs dedicate little time and effort to the teaching and learning of supportive therapy, and many mental health professionals are unable to clearly and concisely articulate the nature or process of supportive work. Although supportive therapy incorporates many specific techniques from a wide variety of psychotherapy schools, it can be conceptualized as consisting of a more limited number of underlying strategies. The fundamental strategies that underpin effective supportive therapy with mentally ill individuals are described.

This is a really fundamental example of modelling and the importance of empathy and affect within many aspects of Vicarious Learning, something which is often overlooked in cognitive models of motivation for learning.

Key Words: Supportive Psychotherapy ? Psychotherapy Methods ? Psychotherapy Residency and Training

Posted at 01:59PM Jun 24, 2008 by Finbar Dineen in General  |  Comments[0]

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