Here are three simple things to do, starting today, that will help you “sift truth from hyperbole” in your decision-making about what kind of real-world psychological help may be best for you:
“When somebody makes a claim for the benefit of a treatment, any treatment, follow these three simple steps:
Step 1: say, “Show me the study.” Give me a reference, a citation, a PDF. Put the study into my hands. Sometimes it does not exist.
Step 2: if the study does exist, read it—especially the fine print.
Step 3: draw your own conclusion. Ask yourself: do the actual methods and findings of this study justify the claim I just heard?If you make a practice of following these steps, you may make some shocking discoveries.”
— Shedler, 2015, p. 58
Dr. Mark Ettensohn, a Licensed Psychologist in Sacramento, CA, provides an accessible summary of the effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy based on a literature review of over 200 studies providing evidence supporting the effectiveness and efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy .
The below bibliography is a list of references and research on evidence-based psychodynamic psychotherapy that is dynamically generated from my personal library as it continues to grow.