Contraindications to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Contraindications to Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

For the most part, contraindications to any psychoanalytic psy-chotherapy that is heavily weighted toward the expressive end of the therapeutic continuum are as follows (Table 66.9):

·              Poor impulse control

·              Significant cognitive deficits

·              Severely dysfunctional interpersonal relationships

·              Little ability to tolerate frustration, anxiety and depression

·              Significant lack of introspective capacity