{{short description|Canadian psychoanalyst}} '''Habib Davanloo''' (October 10, 1927 – November 2023<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Beeber | first1=Alan | last2=Gottwik | first2=Gerda | last3=Rosseti | first3=Sandro | title=A Tribute: Habib Davanloo, M.D. | journal=American Journal of Psychotherapy | date=2025 | pages=appipsychotherapy20240055 | doi=10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20240055 | pmid=40070228 | url=https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20240055 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>) was a Canadian psychoanalyst and psychiatric researcher who worked in Montreal, Quebec, and developed intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP). He was Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University<ref name="Communications1989">{{cite book|author=Emmis Communications|title=Orange Coast Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA173|date=February 1989|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=173–|issn=0279-0483}}</ref><ref>[http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=105537 PsychiatryOnline | Psychiatric News | News Article<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and founding editor of the ''International Journal of Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy.''<ref>Davanloo, H. (2000). Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy: Spectrum of psychoneurotic disorders. In H. Davanloo: ''Intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy: Selected papers of Habib Davanloo, MD''. (pp. 1-35)</ref>
==Background== Habib Davanloo was a Canadian psychiatric researcher of Iranian origin. Davanloo was a psychiatric resident under Erich Lindemann, a German psychiatrist who specialized in the treatment of bereaved and traumatized patients.<ref name="Vaillant1997">{{cite book|author=Leigh Mccullough Vaillant|title=Changing Character: Short-term Anxiety-regulating Psychotherapy For Restructuring Defenses, Affects, And Attachment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFbruJ0xLEkC&pg=PA8|date=31 January 1997|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-7867-2288-4|pages=8–}}</ref> On April 18, 2024, it was announced that Davanloo had died at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary For Dr. Habib Davanloo |url=https://www.istdp.ch/en/Article/obituary-dr-habib-davanloo |access-date=3 August 2024 |publisher=ISTDP}}</ref>
==Career== Davanloo was the director of the Institute for Teaching and Research in Short-term and Dynamic Psychotherapy at the Montreal General Hospital.<ref name="Rawson2002">{{cite book|author=Penny Rawson|title=Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: An Analysis of the Key Principles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEcdVINPKkoC&pg=PA46|year=2002|publisher=Karnac Books|isbn=978-1-85575-293-1|pages=46–}}</ref> In 1962 he began to develop his technique for treating patients on a short-term basis,<ref name="Horner1994">{{cite book|author=Althea Horner|title=Treating the Neurotic Patient in Brief Psychotherapy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lD9kAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Jason Aronson, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-4616-9539-4|pages=22–}}</ref> creating and studying videotapes of sessions. He later gave seminars about his research and made the videotapes available.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-25-vw-133-story.html Making a Case for Quick, Confrontational Therapy - Page 3 - Los Angeles Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="Warren1998">{{cite book|author=C. Seth Warren|title=Models of Brief Psychodynamic Therapy: A Comparative Approach|url=https://archive.org/details/modelsofbriefpsy00mess|url-access=registration|date=January 1998|publisher=Guilford Press|isbn=978-1-57230-340-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/modelsofbriefpsy00mess/page/67 67]–}}</ref>
Davanloo's methods, which according to some authors were based on resolving Oedipal conflicts,<ref name="EvansGarner2004">{{cite book|author1=Sandra Evans|author2=Jane Garner|title=Talking Over the Years: A Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8Czic6dgUkC&pg=PA149|date=2 June 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-48091-2|pages=149–}}</ref> were widely discussed in psychiatric literature and<ref name="Fosha2000">{{cite book|author=Diana Fosha|author-link=Diana Fosha|title=The Transforming Power of Affect: A Model for Accelerated Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6xlTHjfs6UC&pg=PA323|year=2000|publisher=BasicBooks|isbn=978-0-465-09567-4|pages=323–}}</ref> successfully used by many other therapists.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19880826&id=7yIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=unQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1541,4740672 The Hour – Google News Archive Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derby.ac.uk/news/derbyshire-could-champion-new-therapy |title=Derbyshire Could Champion New Therapy - University of Derby<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2014-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010715/http://www.derby.ac.uk/news/derbyshire-could-champion-new-therapy |archive-date=2013-12-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Publications==
===Books=== *H. Davanloo (1980) "Basic principles and technique in Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy", Spectrum, NY, 1978 H. Davanloo: Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, J. Aronson, NY *H. Davanloo (1990) "Unlocking the Unconscious; Selected papers of Habib Davanloo", MD, Wiley Sons, Chichester, England *H. Davanloo (2001) "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Selected papers of Habib Davanloo", John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England. {{ISBN|0471497045}}
===Book chapters=== *H. Davanloo (1984) "Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy", In: Kaplan H., and Sadock B. (eds), "Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry", 4th edn., Chapter 29.11, Baltimore, MD, Williams & Wilkins *H. Davanloo (2005). "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy" In: Kaplan H., and Sadock B. (eds), Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th ed, Vol 2, Chapter 30.9, 2628-2652, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
===Papers=== *H. Davanloo (1995) "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Spectrum of Psychoneurotic Disorders", International Journal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, 3-4, 121-155, *H. Davanloo (1995) "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Technique of Partial and major Unlocking of the Unconscious with a Highly Resistant Patient - Part I. Partial Unlocking of the Unconscious", International Journal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, 3-4, 157-181, *H. Davanloo (1995) "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Major Unlocking of the Unconscious - Part II. The Course of the Trial Therapy after Partial Unlocking", International Journal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, 3-4, 183-230, *H. Davanloo (1996) "Management of Tactical Defenses in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Part I: Overview, Tactical Defenses of Cover Words and Indirect Speech", International Journal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Vol. 11, 3, 129-152, *H. Davanloo (1996) "Management of Tactical Defenses in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Part II: Spectrum of Tactical Defenses", in: International Journal of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Vol. 11, 3, 153-199, *H. Davanloo (2001) "Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: Extended Major Direct Access to the Unconscious", European Psychotherapy, Vol. 2, 1, 25-70, Cip-Medien, Muenchen
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