[pachyderm]

"Intensive psychoanalytic therapy, the “talking cure” rooted in the ideas of Freud, has all but disappeared in the age of drug treatments and managed care.

"But now researchers are reporting that the therapy can be effective against some chronic mental problems, including anxiety and borderline personality disorder."

New York Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/health/01psych.html

[Mouse_]

Originally Posted by pachyderm

"Intensive psychoanalytic therapy, the “talking cure” rooted in the ideas of Freud, has all but disappeared in the age of drug treatments and managed care.

"But now researchers are reporting that the therapy can be effective against some chronic mental problems, including anxiety and borderline personality disorder."

New York Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/health/01psych.html

Works for me.

[DocJohn]

I also posted about this here:

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...earch-respect/

[Junerain]

Yes!!, I believe a high percentage of mental illness is related to long standing psychological conflicts, and that the therapist/patient relationship can work to uncover these long standing conflicts..childood conflicts..not necessarily childhood sexual conflicts as specific as Freud describes, and not always early childhood conflicts, psychological ideas that stemmed from adolesence, too..I feel my therapist helped me to conquer the psychological conflicts/thought patterns/stumbling blocks that were holding me back, for so long It is as if a psychological weight has been lifted, a feeling like I am psychologically new and starting all over, with a clean slateI hope therapists combine this kind of psychotherapy with things like DBT or cognitive therapy, as short term therapy techniques are quite helpful to many, just depends, who you are, and what works for you..I tend to always see the big picture & want to talk about bigger issues, yet others are detail oriented and should work more in the current situation they find themselves in, if that involves changing their thinking with cognitive therapy to help them in their present situation.

[MissCharlotte]

'Tis what I am engaged in as well. My T is psychoanalytic. However, when I am in a major depression crash, we try to discuss practical things to help me function in the here and now. Our analytical work and insights are fogged when I am really in a dark place.

I do believe, that for me, it is the only kind of work I can engage in with enthusiasm. I have always needed to know how and why, to build true context for understanding.

Thanks for this pachy.