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Video Intervention Therapy

Help in Psychotherapy for Relationships

George Downing

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Routledge
28 November 2025
This book offers a comprehensive guide to using video intervention in psychotherapy or mental health coaching. A video is made of a patient interacting with someone else. The patient and the therapist then explore it together, profiting from its rich information.

Downing clearly elaborates each step of such an intervention. Numerous possible techniques are described. If and when to bring in more such sessions is explained. How in couple or family therapy to use such work is covered as well.

The book is designed so that any therapist or mental health coach can begin with video intervention at once. This is invaluable reading for anyone wanting to start in and to build up increasing expertise with this significant contribution to therapeutic work.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   390g
ISBN:   9781041024477
ISBN 10:   1041024479
Pages:   198
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction 1. How and When to Begin with Video Sessions 2. When a Patient is Reluctant to Work with a Video 3. How the Therapist Prepares For the Session 4. Procedure Step One: Starting the Session 5. Procedure Step Two: Showing Positive Patterns 6. Procedure Step Three: Making the Transition 7. Procedure Step Three: The Outer Movie 8. Procedure Step Three: The Inner Movie 9. Procedure Step Three: Mentalization 10. Procedure Step Three: Working with the Relational Effects of Trauma 11. Procedure Step Four: Planning for Change 12. Getting Started 13. Other Video Intervention Methods 14. Observing Videos: The Body Alone 15. Observing Videos: The Language Exchange 16 - Observing Videos: Spoken Mentalization

George Downing, Ph.D., worked for years as a psychologist in Child Psychiatry, Salpetriere Hospital, Paris. He has taught Video Intervention Therapy for clinical teams at the New School for Social Research, New York; the University of Heidelberg, the University of Saarbruken, and Ludwig Maxmillian University, Munich, Germany; the University of Basel, Switzerland; the Universities of Milan and Bologna, Italy; and the University of Girona, Spain.

Reviews for Video Intervention Therapy: Help in Psychotherapy for Relationships

‘Essential reading for clinicians and those training to be clinicians.’ Howard Steele, Professor of Psychology, New School for Social Research, New York ‘George Downing has a profound understanding of the role of nonverbal communication in therapeutic action. His unique way of using this nonverbal layer for treatment informs our way of working with infants, children, and adults. I highly recommend this important book.’ Beatrice Beebe, Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. ‘After more than 20 years of collaboration with George Downing, each time our clinic team has a training session with him I still gain new insights. This book wonderfully captures the core of Downing’s teachings.’ Corinna Reck, Professor of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.


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