Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0487
ISSN: 2161-0487
Department of Psychology, Experiential Medical Registry, Zurich, Switzerland
Review Article
Psychoanalytic Formulations in Psychedelic Therapy for Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD)
Author(s): Carolina Maggio*, Friederike Meckel Fischer, Nadav L Modlin and James Rucker
Recent studies have shown promising data regarding the safety and efficacy of psychedelic therapy for Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD), providing initial evidence of rapid and sustained response in this population. Despite lack of rigorous data pertaining to the role of the therapist, historically and in modern trials, the therapeutic alliance is considered a central component in the treatment model, and conceived as inextricable from the drug’s subjective effects in achieving therapeutic outcomes. In modern psychedelic research, transpersonal and third-wave cognitive-behavioural psychology have played a primary role in guiding the conceptualisation of the treatment and the chosen interventions of the therapist. However, the intense emotional episodes that may emerge during the psychedelic experience also alludes to the presence of inter subjective dynamics, such as the exis.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2161-0487.23.13.456