Supportive Psychotherapy

Arnold Winston

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Chapter 32. Supportive Psychotherapy

Arnold Winston, M.D.

DOI: 10.1176/appi.books.9781585623402.302396

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Supportive psychotherapy is a broadly defined approach with wide applicability and is the most extensively practiced form of individual psychotherapy. In fact, research studies agree with clinical observations that supportive psychotherapy is effective for a broad range of conditions and may be as efficacious as expressive psychotherapy (Conte 1994; Hellerstein et al. 1998; Winston and Winston 2002).

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Which of the following statements concerning supportive therapy is false?

Several influential psychoanalytic theories form the basis for supportive psychotherapy. In this regard, Kohut is most often associated with which of the following?

The sickness–health continuum is a useful way of conceptualizing relative levels of psychopathology versus healthy functioning in patients and matching these to appropriate interventions. Under this model, psychotherapists would use more primarily supportive approaches with patients on the left (greater impairment) side. Which of the following diagnoses would be likely placed on the left side?

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AAM 2010;304:1493-1495.

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BMJ 2010;341:c5893-c1494.

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