Psychoanalytic Training Institute2016 study published in the American Journal of Psychology by Mikhail Rabinovich analyzes multiple studies of psychoanalytic treatment of anxiety utilizing elaborate statistical analyses reveals that the analytic treatment of anxiety incorporates a number of empirically supported techniques for amelioration of anxiety, such as desensitization and gradual exposure. Rabinovich writes, “It is shown that despite the antiresearch image of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, its foundations obey evidence-based principles.”
