{"product_id":"9781032944494","title":"Discovering Therapeutic Efficacy Selected Works of Howard Bacal","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWorld Library of Mental Health\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDiscovering Therapeutic Efficacy\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSelected Works of Howard Bacal\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHoward Bacal\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePsychology \/ Movements \/ Psychoanalysis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscovering Therapeutic Efficacy\u003c\/em\u003e brings together selected papers and book chapters by Howard Bacal, spanning 40 years as a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book includes several key pieces of writing influenced by psychoanalytic figures Bacal had the rare opportunity to study under including Michael Balint, Wilfred Bion, Heinz Kohut, Marion Milner, J. D. Sutherland, and Donald Winnicott. The chapters variously describe how the concept of optimal responsiveness is pivotal to the uniqueness of therapeutic need and how each psychoanalytic dyad discovers its unique capacity to implement it. Bacal describes how this led him to develop specificity theory, a process theory of therapeutic possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscovering Therapeutic Efficacy\u003c\/em\u003e is replete with illustrative clinical examples. It will be of great interest and of practical usefulness not only to psychoanalysts, but to every practitioner of dynamic psychotherapy as they strive to be as optimally responsive as they can to their patients and students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe free Open Access version of this book, available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\u003c\/a\u003e, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Bacal\u003c\/b\u003e is a psychiatrist based in Los Angeles, USA. He has a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy and has more than 60 years’ experience in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032944494\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e198\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63772871721100,"sku":"9781032944494","price":56.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032944494","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}