Process of working through in Davanloo's intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy

Augsburger, Therese

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“…He was able to demonstrate that these patients could be treated successfully with some modifications of the IS-TDP technique [7,8]. In IS-TDP, "direct access to the unconscious", and to all of the pathogenic dynamic forces that contribute to the patients' symptoms and character disturbances, is possible [9]. The technique of rapid and direct access to the unconscious will be demonstrated in a case presentation in this two-article series.…”

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Multidimensional unconscious structural changes in Davanloo’s intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Part I

Hickey¹

2015

Arch Psych Psych

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SummaryDavanloo's intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy is a brief dynamic therapy that focuses on transference feelings and resistance. By doing so, therapist and patient can work together to enable the patient to have a full experience of unconscious feelings -namely rage, grief and guilt. However, this experience of unconscious feelings is not the only therapeutic factor. In addition, the therapist must expertly apply multidimensional unconscious structural changes. Doing so allows the patient to make conscious sense of unconscious experiences. This article focuses on the Montreal Closed Circuit training programme, which is a new teaching format for Davanloo. A case will be presented which will highlight the application of multidimensional unconscious structural changes in a highly resistant patient. Davanloo / psychotherapy / intensive / short-termOver the past 40 years, Dr Habib Davanloo has developed a method of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (IS-TDP), which has been highly effective in treating resistant psychoneurotic disorders [1]. By using audiovisual recording, Davanloo has been able to research his technique and has provided comprehensive teaching to those attempting to learn it.Dr Davanloo has made many discoveries about the human unconscious. These discoveries are based on empirical evidence, not theory or intuition, and form the basis of his metapsychology of the unconscious [2]. His work of the early 1980s focused mainly on patients with phobic, obsessional, panic, depressive, functional disorders [3][4][5][6]. Following this, Davanloo began to focus on treating patients with psychosomatic conditions and fragile character pathology. He was able to demonstrate that these patients could be treated successfully with some modifications of the IS-TDP technique [7,8]. In IS-TDP, "direct access to the unconscious", and to all of the pathogenic dynamic forces that contribute to the patients' symptoms and character disturbances, is possible [9]. The technique of rapid and direct access to the unconscious will be demonstrated in a case presentation in this two-article series. Davanloo has presented extensively on his technique of "unlocking the unconscious" [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], which allows the patient a direct and affective experience of the pathological dynamic forces that maintain any symptom and character disturbances [10][11][12].

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Section: Davanloo / Psychotherapy / Intensive / Short-termmentioning

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Multidimensional unconscious structural changes in Davanloo’s intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Part I

Hickey¹

2015

Arch Psych Psych

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“…The resulting intrapsychic crisis between the patient's resistance and unconscious therapeutic alliance sets the stage for direct experience of complex transference feelings. Davanloo's major discovery is that this direct experience of complex transference feelings triggers a state of dominance of the unconscious therapeutic alliance over resistance, which he refers to as unlocking of the unconscious (Abbass, & Town, 2013;Augsburger, 2000;Davanloo, 1987Davanloo, , 1990Hickey, 2015;Johansson, Town, & Abbass, 2014).…”

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The Emergence of a Stereotypic Movement During Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in a Patient with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Case Report

Almadani

Said

2020

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

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No previous research has investigated the emergence of stereotypic movements in patients during psychotherapeutic sessions, nor have such movements been mentioned in the numerous articles on Habib Davanloo's technique of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. In this article, we present two clinical vignettes from early intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy sessions, using Davanloo's technique, with a patient who was observed to have an emerging stereotypic movement. These vignettes, extracted from the videotaped sessions using audiovisual technology, concern a young woman who is known to have treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. By presenting this case report, we aim to highlight the possibility of the occurrence of such a movement in response to specific interventions, and propose its clinical significance. We interpret this movement as being a tension-releasing mechanism that manifests in response to the therapist's exploration of the patient's emotions. We propose that the purpose of this stereotypic movement is to defend against the patient's actual experience of her repressed feelings. Clinical outcome of this case suggests that psychodynamic psychotherapy could be an effective intervention for patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Davanloo's technique of mobilization of the unconscious

Augsburger¹

2000

Intens Short Term Dynam Psych

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This article focuses on the application of Davanloo's Central Dynamic Sequence in order to mobilize the unconscious of a patient, where initially no traces whatsoever of unconscious activation could be detected. The importance of monitoring 'the guidelines to the unconscious' like Dr Davanloo has called a set of scientific parameters linked with unconscious activity, is emphasized. As otherwise the therapist gets lost in his attempt to undo, together with the patient, 'the sealing off' which is a result of many years of severing any connection with the unconscious.

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Process of working through in Davanloo's intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy

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Multidimensional unconscious structural changes in Davanloo’s intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Part I

Multidimensional unconscious structural changes in Davanloo’s intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Part I

The Emergence of a Stereotypic Movement During Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in a Patient with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Case Report

Davanloo's technique of mobilization of the unconscious

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