Psychodynamic Therapist Cheat Sheets, 13 Quick Reference Guides, Defense Mechanisms, Transference, Countertransference, Attachment, PDF

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Psychodynamic cheat sheets for the ten minutes after a session, when something happened in the room and you want a map, not a textbook.

I'm Alberto Del Bove, a psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist in private practice in Rome. Most quick references for therapists come from CBT, DBT or IFS. This is the psychodynamic one I wanted on my own desk: the concepts I return to most often, one page each, with the sources close at hand.

WHAT'S INSIDE (18-page PDF, 13 one-page sheets)
00 · Reading the demand: request vs. demand, collusion and collusive modes, five questions for the first meetings (after Carli & Paniccia's analysis of the demand)
01 · Defense mechanisms I: mature and neurotic, with how each sounds in session and how to work with it
02 · Defense mechanisms II: immature and primitive (splitting, projective identification, dissociation...)
03 · Working with defenses: six principles, the triangle of conflict, the triangle of person, phrases that help
04 · Transference patterns: idealizing, devaluing, dependent, mirroring, rivalrous, erotic, "nothing happens"
05 · Countertransference: what you feel, what it may point to, what to do (concordant vs. complementary)
06 · Attachment strategies in the room: secure, dismissing, preoccupied, unresolved, and their pull on you
07 · Rupture and repair: withdrawal vs. confrontation ruptures, a six-step repair sequence
08 · Resistance, reframed: four questions, moves that help and moves that backfire
09 · Breaks and endings: before, during and after the break, reactions by attachment strategy
10 · The frame, and what crosses it: fees, contact, gifts, social media, recording, AI tools and chatbots
11 · Psychodynamic case formulation on one page (printable template)
12 · Session reflection note for supervision prep (printable template)
+ Key references (Bowlby, Carli & Paniccia, Gabbard, Kernberg, Malan, McWilliams, Racker, Safran & Muran, Vaillant...)
+ Further reading and About the author

WHO IT'S FOR
Psychodynamic and integrative therapists, counselors, psychologists, trainees and supervisors. Useful after difficult sessions, before supervision and in teaching.

FORMAT
Instant digital download · PDF · US Letter, prints cleanly on A4 · clickable contents and links.

GOES WELL WITH
Before You Call It Resistance · Attachment in the Room · The Distance Map · The Return After the Break · or the Psychodynamic Practice Bundle and the Complete Library, all in my shop, The Consulting Room.

PLEASE NOTE
For qualified mental health professionals and trainees under supervision. It does not replace clinical training, supervision or your professional code. Licensed for one clinician; templates may be printed for your own clinical work. Digital product: nothing will be shipped.