Summary

Supportive-expressive psychotherapy was developed at the Menninger Foundation and Clinic, Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas in the late 1940s and 1950s and originated in the papers on technique by Freud. The treatment is systematically documented in a manual (Luborsky, 1984) that includes methods for evaluating adherence to the technique.

This present manual should be read in conjunction with the Freud papers on technique cited above and the general Luborsky (1984) SE manual. A number of special versions of the main SE manual exist which are tailored for specific disorders: opiate dependence (Luborsky, Woody, Hole & Velleco, 1995), depression (Luborsky et al.,1993), cocaine dependence and now this version for cannabis dependence. Although supportive-expressive dynamic psychotherapy has been established as an effective form of treatment for opioid dependence and depression, its effectiveness is as yet unevaluated for cannabis dependence. This manual was developed for the purpose of conducting a controlled study of SE psychotherapy of cannabis dependence. A controlled evaluation is presently being conducted at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (1995-1996) and preliminary results suggests it is of significant benefit to this drug using population. However, final results and follow-up data are not yet in at the time of the publication of this manual.

Date published

8 Sept 1995

Resource type

NDARC reports and monographs

Author(s)

Brin F.S Grenyer, Lester Lurbosky, Nadia Solowij