Annotated Psychotherapy

Annotated Psychotherapy demonstrates how an experienced psychotherapist develops and carries out the right treatment plan through interactions with the patient or client.

Richard B. Makover, a lecturer at the Yale School of Medicine, developed his psychotherapy concepts in private practice and as clinical director of mental health services at a large health maintenance organization in Connecticut. For more information, please visit richardmakover.com.

1. Introduction  2. General Principles of Psychotherapy  3. Therapeutic Communication  Case One: Holly: A Troubled Teenage Marriage  Case Two: George: An Unsettled Graduate Student  Case Three: Ellen: A Nurse in a High Stress Job  Case Four: Charles: An Older Man Facing an Existential Challenge  Case Five: Sophie: A Discouraged Divorcée  Case Six: Martin: An Isolated Young Researcher  Case Seven: Dave: A Serial Adulterer  Case Eight: Dorothy: A Struggling New Mother