Release date: April 7th, 2023

Dr. Laura Roberts is joined by Fredric N. Busch, M.D. -a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in New York City specializing in Depression, Panic and other Anxiety Disorders, and Bipolar Disorder- to discuss his new book: Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy published by American Psychiatric Publishing. Amongst the topics they discuss: how the psychodynamic approach can seem initially overwhelming, that the key concepts are easy to assimilate and can be applied with confidence by trainees, and, in a slam-dunk of a tangent, how Freud helped revive the composer Mahler’s sex life.

In this episode:

Adaptability of the approach (0:01)
Introduction (2:17)
Why the world needed this particular book (3:24)
An example of a presenting problem (5:47)
Conceptual Framing (11:07)
What other principles can the book convey to practitioners? (14:20)
Mahler’s potency (16:30)
Challenges confronted in creation of the book (20:19)
The Chief Complaint (24:40)
Problems faced during the creation of the book (29:10)
Trauma (33:25)
Importance of doctor and client working together to define the problem (36:50)

Show Notes and Resources:
Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (American Psychiatric Association Publishing) 2023

Learn more about Fredric N. Busch.

Transcript and More Episodes:
https://psychiatryonline.org/psychiatry-unbound