Research supports the effectiveness of psychoanalytic therapy

 

In a recent article in American Psychologist, Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D., reviews multiple studies and meta-analyses of psychotherapy research and offers important support for the value of psychoanalytic therapies across a range of disorders. By objectively assessing empirical findings, he directly challenges common assumptions about the preferability of other treatment modalities, and even offers compelling evidence for the unique strengths of psychoanalytic therapies.

Please follow this link to read the article.

For commentary from APsaA President Prudence L. Gourguechon, M.D., please follow this link.

    Published in American Psychologist
    February-March 2010
    ©
2010 American Psychological Association 0003-066X/10/$12.00
    Vol. 65, No. 2, 98-109 DOI: 10.1037/a0018378