Psychodynamic Therapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice

About Jacques P. BarberRichard F. Summers

Richard F. Summers MD ABPN is Clinical Professor and Co-Director of Residency Training in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on psychodynamic therapy the therapeutic alliance psychodynamic formulation psychiatric education and positive psychology. With Jacques P. Barber Dr. Summers is coauthor of Psychodynamic Therapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice and coeditor of Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook. Dr. Summers is the recipient of numerous national and local teaching awards serves as Chair of the American Psychiatric Association Council on Medical Education and Lifelong Learning and is a member of the Psychiatry Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Past president of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training he maintains an active clinical practice. Jacques P. Barber PhD ABPP is Professor and Dean of the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University. He is also Emeritus Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and in the Psychology Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania where he was formerly Associate Director of the Center for Psychotherapy Research and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine. His research focuses on the outcome and process of psychodynamic and cognitive therapies for depression panic disorder posttraumatic stress disorder substance dependence and personality disorders. He has published more than 225 papers chapters and books in the field of psychotherapy and personality. With Richard F. Summers Dr. Barber is coauthor of Psychodynamic Therapy: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice and coeditor of Practicing Psychodynamic Therapy: A Casebook. Dr. Barber is past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research and a recipient of its Distinguished Research Career Award.