Jonathan Shedler, PhD is a leading expert on personality and psychotherapy. His article, "The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy," earned international acclaim for establishing psychodynamic therapy as an evidence-based treatment. His writings on personality patterns and disorders are shaping contemporary views of diagnosis and treament. He is author of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) for personality diagnosis and case
formulation and the QPD Panel for
primary care mental health assessment.
Dr. Shedler leads workshops for professional audiences nationally and
internationally and consults to health care organizations and government agencies. He is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Director of Psychology at the University of Colorado Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry Service. He is also a certified professional ski instructor and, in a former life, taught skiing in Aspen, Colorado.
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The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
That was Then, This is Now: An Introduction to Contemporary Psychodynamic Therapy
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Getting to Know Me: What's Behind Psychoanalysis
The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP):
Making Personality Diagnosis
Clinically Meaningful
An Empirically Derived Taxonomy for Personality Diagnosis: Bridging Science and practice in Conceptualizing Personality (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2012)
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