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Short-term dynamic psychotherapy, or STDP (Davanloo, 1978, 1980), is an intensive form of psychoanalytically based therapy that appears to provide a powerful treatment package for effecting change in severe, long-standing maladaptive behavior. The innovative quality of Davanloo’s approach, however, seems to warrant careful study from a broader and more integrative theoretical perspective than psycho-dynamic theory alone, for STDP appears to incorporate cognitive behavioral maneuvers and principles of learning woven into the fabric of the treatment. Of course, this was not Davanloo’s intent, but in his quest for effective techniques (examining his own videotapes over a 20-year period) he appears to have isolated certain mechanisms that bear resemblance to operant, respondent, and cognitive techniques.
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McCullough, L. (1991). Davanloo’s Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. In: Curtis, R.C., Stricker, G. (eds) How People Change. The Springer Series in Social / Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0741-7_6
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