Psychotherapy Selection Algorithm (PSA) 1.0: A Work in Progress

Eric M Plakun¹, Meiram Bendat, Susan Lazar+1

• ¹Eric M. Plakun, MD, is Past Medical Director/CEO, The Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA; and Founder, American Psychiatric Association Psychotherapy Caucus, Washington, DC. Meiram Bendat, JD, PhD, is Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Susan Lazar, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, and Supervising and Training Analyst, Washington Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute, Washington, DC. Linda Michaels, PsyD, MBA, is Chair and Co-Founder of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), Chicago, IL.