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While the relationship of empirical research to psychoanalysis remains controversial for some, for many others it remains simply elusive; analytic clinicians unfamiliar with research methodology and statistics often find the psychotherapy and psychoanalytic research literature difficult to understand, highly specialized, and focused on very particular questions or findings not easily linked to clinical practice. For the group of psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychotherapists who would like to learn about clinically relevant psychotherapy research but have been daunted by the difficulty of doing so, the Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice offers a coherent and user-friendly introduction to the field.
The Handbook is composed of 14 chapters, each written by a different group of clinician-researchers. Each chapter is self-contained and can be read on its own; at the same time the chapters are thoughtfully sequenced in relation to one another so that, in reading the book from start to finish, one develops an increasingly coherent and complex appreciation of the material covered. Most chapters follow a standard format. Chapters begin with a review of the relevant theory about the topic being discussed, followed by presentation of empirical research, and ending with clinical examples that highlight the clinical implications of the material presented. Chapters are written for clinicians: research methodology and statistical analyses are explained clearly, and chapters are relatively short, easy to read and emphasize research questions of interest to clinicians and potentially relevant to clinical theory and technique. The clinician-reader is likely to take away from each chapter at least one new thought, question or technique to consider in the course of clinical work.