Psychodynamic Formulation - 2nd Edition by The Psychodynamic Formulation Collective (Hardcover)

About the Book

"These biases have been reflected in prior editions of this book. They are embedded in the institutional and systemic racism present within our field of psychoanalysis and its psychodynamic psychotherapeutic treatments. We have undertaken this new edition to examine these biases within our profession; biases that have led not only to marginalization of our clinicians of color, but also to the prioritization of Whiteness, and to a lack of appropriately formulating the racial and ethnic contributions that are so important to the people we treat. Our patients come from rich and diverse backgrounds and bring so much that is not often reflected in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic formulation and treatment. Additionally, we have not adequately considered and formulated the trauma, discrimination and systemic oppression that individuals from these backgrounds have experienced as a result of their racial backgrounds, and how that trauma affects their view of themselves, how others perceive them, and their presentation to mental health providers. In this edition, we have attempted to highlight these blindspots, to place their evaluation within our field and with our patients front and center, and to give equal and heavy consideration to the impact of these inequities in a new and expanded approach to psychodynamic formulation"--

Book Synopsis

Psychodynamic Formulation

A leading text for psychodynamic clinicians and practitioners

Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach delivers an exceptional exploration of psychodynamic explanations and hypotheses that seek to explain how a person's conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings may have developed and may be causing or contributing to the challenges they face.

This latest edition of the leading reference includes a refreshed and reinvigorated emphasis on the impacts of culture and society, as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion, on psychodynamic formulation. It puts new focus on lived experience, including trauma, and on how clinical bias can contribute to the perpetuation of trauma.

In addition to newly included activities and exercises, readers will find:

• A practical, step-by-step guide to collaboratively creating psychodynamic formulations
• Comprehensive discussions about how what we're born with and environmental influences contribute to development
• Suggestions for using psychodynamic formulations in many clinical settings, including acute care and psychopharmacologic treatment
• An educator's guide to teaching psychodynamic formulation

Perfect for mental health practitioners with a professional or personal interest in psychodynamics/psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach will earn a place in the libraries of trainees in all mental health fields.

From the Back Cover

A leading text for psychodynamic clinicians and practitioners

Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach delivers an exceptional exploration of psychodynamic explanations and hypotheses that seek to explain how a person's conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings may have developed and may be causing or contributing to the challenges they face.

This latest edition of the leading reference includes a refreshed and reinvigorated emphasis on the impacts of culture and society, as well as the importance of diversity and inclusion, on psychodynamic formulation. It puts new focus on lived experience, including trauma, and on how clinical bias can contribute to the perpetuation of trauma.

In addition to newly included activities and exercises, readers will find:

• A practical, step-by-step guide to collaboratively creating psychodynamic formulations
• Comprehensive discussions about how what we're born with and environmental influences contribute to development
• Suggestions for using psychodynamic formulations in many clinical settings, including acute care and psychopharmacologic treatment
• An educator's guide to teaching psychodynamic formulation

Perfect for mental health practitioners with a professional or personal interest in psychodynamics/psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Formulation: An Expanded Approach will earn a place in the libraries of trainees in all mental health fields.

About the Author

The Psychodynamic Formulation Collective is a group of psychiatrists and psychoanalysts who came together following George Floyd's murder and nationwide protests against police brutality to address the historical neglect of sociocultural context in psychodynamic formulation, in particular the effect of social oppression.

Shirin Ali, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. A graduate of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, she enjoys teaching and supervising psychiatry residents in psychodynamic psychotherapy. In her clinical practice, she focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, psychosis, culture and identity, and emerging adulthood.

Deborah L. Cabaniss, a professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, associate director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Program in the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, and a training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Her teaching and writing focus on psychotherapy education, and she practices psychiatry and psychoa-nalysis in New York City.

Sabrina Cherry, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. She is also an associate director and training and supervising analyst at the Columbia Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research where she teaches candidates and conducts research on psychoanalytic career development. She practices psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York City.

Angela Coombs, an associate medical director at Alameda County Behavioral Health, where she focuses on increasing access to county mental health services and supports clients in East Oakland, California. Her scholarly work focuses on mental health inequities facing Black American populations and other minor-itized and/or marginalized groups.

Carolyn J. Douglas, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and an adjunct associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College. She has been closely involved in psychiatric residency training throughout her career, has published several articles about teaching psychodynamic psychotherapy, and has won teaching awards from residents in psychiatry both at Columbia and at Weill-Cornell for her didactic courses and supervision in supportive psychody-namic psychotherapy.

Jack Drescher, a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also an adjunct professor at New York University's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and a training and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute.

Ruth Graver, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She teaches and super-vises at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Teaching and Research where she is currently the co-chair of the Columbia Academy for Psychoanalytic Educators (CAPE), a new program designed to hone skills rele-vant to treating and supervising candidates. Her scholarly interests include clini-cal technique, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic writing. She conducts her clinical practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in New York City.

Sandra Park, a training and supervising analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has a private practice in Manhattan, and she teaches and supervises at Columbia and Cornell.

Aaron Reliford, vice chair for diversity, equity and inclusion and an associate clinical professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at New York University. He is also the training director of NYU's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, and both the director of child and adolescent psychiatry and the associate medi-cal director of Behavioral Health Sunset Terrace Family Health Center of NYU Langone Brooklyn. Dr. Reliford's clinical research interests include telepsychia-try, racial health disparities in pediatric mental health, cultural psychiatry, pedi-atric psychopharmacology, effects of early trauma on development of psychopathology, child parent psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and dynamic/insight oriented psychotherapy.

Anna Schwartz, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. She is also a faculty mem-ber of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, where she has taught and supervised psychotherapy trainees for many years. She is in private practice in New York City.

Susan C. Vaughan, the Aaron R. Stern Professor of Psychodynamic Psychiatry at Cornell University. She also served as the Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research from 2017 to 2022. She has special interest in LGBTQ issues and teaches about sexuality, gender, and the intersections between psychotherapy and neuroscience.