Psychodynamic Techniques (2^nd Edition)

Book Announcement by Karen Maroda (USA)

Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship – Second Edition

Maroda, K. J. (2026). Psychodynamic techniques: Working with emotion in the therapeutic relationship (2^nd ed.). Guilford Press.

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Acclaimed for its practical guidance and candid, personal style, Psychodynamic Techniques: Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship (Guilford Press) is now available in a revised and updated Second Edition. Karen J. Maroda explores the vital role of emotion processing in the therapeutic relationship and presents ways that therapists can work with emotions – both their own and the client’s – to make treatment more effective.

The book discusses how to become more attuned to one’s own experience of a client, use direct feedback and self-disclosure constructively, and manage intense feelings and conflict in the relationship. Specific techniques are illustrated with vivid case material, including examples of both successful and unsuccessful interventions.

New to this edition are chapters on transference and extratransference, and the ethics of self-disclosure. The chapter on regression has been significantly revised, and the text is updated throughout with over 15 years of developments in theory and research.

www.guilford.com/books/Psychodynamic-Techniques

Karen J. Maroda, PhD, ABPP is in private practice in Milwaukee. Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Wisconsin; Board Member and Past Ethics Chair, Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of the American Psychological Association; Past President of its Section III, Women, Gender, and Psychoanalysis. Editorial Boards, Psychoanalytic Psychology and Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association; Corresponding Editor, Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Dr. Maroda has published several books and numerous journal articles, chapters, and book reviews. She lectures nationally and internationally. She actively encourages her colleagues to write and talk about what they actually do as therapists.

Karen Maroda, Ph.D., ABPP