DR. DONALD B COLSON, PHD
Social Work at 83 St, Shawnee Mission, KS

Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy

Anxiety Disorders, Biofeedback, Depression, Group Psychotherapy, Psychological Evaluations, Psychotherapy

Add, Anxiety Disorders, Biofeedback, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Personality Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Problem, Psychotherapy

Several academic and research awards, 1967-1998, More than 40 publications in clinical books and journals. Examples: An Analysts Multiple Losses: Countertransference and Other Reactions 1995, Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Photography as an Exrension of the Ego,1979, International Review of Psychoanalysis.

English

The most effective vehicle for positive change is the close relationship between client and therapist. The focus is partially on current issues and contributiions to problems by traumatic past experiences.Psychological problems arise in the context of relationships and the examinatiion of relationships in a safe and secure therapy setting is often crucial to internal change The therapy is interpersonal there by making issues of empathy and intimacy available for attention. For positive change it is of utmost importance to establish a sense of trust. I have better than 45 years of clinical experience though I have no plans for retirement. I was on the staff of The Menninger Clinic for 34 years and at the time of my departure for private practice I served as Director of the Psyghology Department. I am trained as a psychoanalyst and currently I am involved as a training and supervising analyst in the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute.