Two Different Kinds of Psychotherapy of Short Duration
PETER E. SIFNEOS M.D.1
1 Director, Inpatient and Outpatient Psychiatric Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, Mass. 02114, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
The author presents a conceptual framework for two different kinds of psychotherapy of short duration, which he calls the anxiety-provoking and the anxiety-suppressive types. Criteria for the selection of patients and the techniques used in each type are described, and follow-up findings from the Massachusetts General Hospital are summarized.
