Empirical References for Psychodynamic Therapy

This is a listing of websites featuring journal articles, book chapters, randomized control trials and meta-analyses applicable to psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It can be used as a resource for literature reviews, continuing education programming and the teaching of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic principles and techniques.

From the Contemporary Freudian Society, a list of research on various topics including:

• The effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic therapy.
• Psychoanalytic treatment with children and adolescents.
• Psychoanalytic treatment and impact on the brain.
• Research comparing psychoanalytic with other types of therapy.

From the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society, references including:

• A comprehensive compilation of randomized controlled trials involving psychodynamic treatments.
• A book published in 2015 detailing a review of outcome and process studies in psychoanalysis.
• Journal articles, book chapters and meta-analyses of the effectiveness of psychoanalytic therapy with a variety of disorders such as:
• Somatic disorders
• Depressive disorders
• Anxiety disorders

From the Chicago Open Chapter for the Study of Psychoanalysis:

• A comprehensive bibliography of psychoanalytic research reviews/studies.
• Neuro-psychoanalysis resources.
• References for psychoanalysis and severe psychopathology.