Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People

Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People will be an indispensable clinician?s guide to the practice of Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TAPP), providing comprehensive instruction on the theory and delivery of this distinctive model of psychotherapy.

TAPP is a manualised brief psychodynamic psychotherapy of 20 sessions, for young people between, approximately, 14 and 25 years, combining psychodynamic psychotherapy with psychosocial understanding of adolescent difficulties. It places emphasis on the therapeutic engagement of young people and works with a developmental focus to effect change and growth. Divided into two parts, "Conceptual Framework" and "Practice", this book combines digestible scholarly analysis with case studies to effect a one-stop practitioner?s guide to TAPP.

Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People will be of immense value to clinicians working with young people, researchers engaging with evaluating TAPP and students of psychotherapy.

Foreword 1 Introduction Part 1: Conceptual framework 2 Time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy: history and current practice 3 Development in adolescence and young adulthood 4 Adolescent Psychotherapy Part 2: Practice 5 TAPP: Rationale and Overview 6 The Assessment and Engagement Process 7 Making the treatment offer: the developmental focus 8 Therapeutic priorities in the treatment phase 9 Working with the developmental focus in the treatment phase 10 Ending therapy 11 Change, growth and outcomes

Stephen Briggs is Professor of Social Work at the University of East London. He is a Member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He was formerly a Consultant Social Worker in the Adolescent Department, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.