title: A learning-theory perspective of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy.
abstract: The authors discuss the role of repeated exposure, a universal aspect of learning theory, in implosive therapy and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. After demonstrating that it is one common denominator of these distinctive treatment modalities, they offer hypotheses concerning the workings of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy based on observations of the role of repeated exposure in behaviorally oriented therapies.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007171:Implosive Therapy; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods