Trauma Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Fredric N. Busch, MD, is a clinical professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and a faculty member of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Barbara L. Milrod, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Cory K. Chen, PhD is a clinical psychologist and health services researcher at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System in New York, NY. He is Director of the Psychotherapy Research and Development Program as well as Director of the Psychology Section of the VISN2 Clinical Resource Hub. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University. Meriamne B. Singer, MD, is Assistant Clinical Professor Psychiatry at Columbia University and on the faculty of Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Core Psychodynamic Factors in PTSD
3. Some Techniques of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy as They Apply to Treatment of PTSD
4. The Treatment Framework of TFPP and Initial Interventions
5. Phase 1: Initial Exploration of Symptoms
6. Phase 1 (Continued): Addressing Specific Symptoms
7. Phase 2: Identifying and Addressing Dynamics, Exploration of the Transference/ Countertransference, and Working Through
8. Phase 3: Termination
9. Extended Example of TFPP Treatment
10. Update in the World of Covid-19