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The Interface Between the Psychodynamic and Behavioral Therapies pp 145–167Cite as

Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy

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In this article, two experienced clinicians, trained in both psychoanalytic and behavioral paradigms, present cogent arguments for the advantages of a combined psychodynamic-behavioral approach by a single therapist or (for groups) a single team of cotherapists. They offer a number of clinical vignettes to illustrate their basic theme that the insight-seeking methodology of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and the change-producing techniques of behavior therapy form a complementary system. They assert that a conceptual as well as a clinical integration of the two approaches is not only possible but needed, in order to most fully utilize the data presented in the therapeutic process.

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  1. University of Southern California School of Medicine Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, USA

    Judd Marmor M.D. (Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry Supervising and Training Analyst (Emeritus) Past President, American Psychiatric Association) & Sherwyn M. Woods M.D, Ph.D (Professor in Psychiatry Supervising and Training Analyst Past President, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training) (Franz Alexander Professor of Psychiatry Supervising and Training Analyst (Emeritus) Past President, American Psychiatric Association) &  (Professor in Psychiatry Supervising and Training Analyst Past President, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training)

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Birk, L., Brinkley-Birk, A.W. (1980). Psychoanalysis and Behavior Therapy. In: Marmor, J., Woods, S.M. (eds) The Interface Between the Psychodynamic and Behavioral Therapies. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3000-4_9

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