American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 28
- Number 1
- January 1974
Editorial
Articles
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Pages4–20Transsexuals fall into two groups: primary and secondary. The former are transsexuals throughout the course of their development; the latter are effeminate homosexuals and transvestites who become transsexuals under stress. The authors delineate the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.4Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages21–29Child abuse has lately reached epidemic proportions, with the most severe cases occurring in children under three years of age. Psychopathology of abusing parents and contributory factors are analyzed. Many involved families can be rehabilitated. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.21Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages30–45Al-Anon Family Groups constitute a remarkable self-help, nonprofessional modality of group therapy and group education for spouses, relatives and friends of alcoholics. This paper describes Al-Anon meeting format and group behavior in a West Coast ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.30Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages46–58Rapid changes in our society produce crises which need adapting to. Problems emerging in this process and forms of adaption to them are discussed in terms of ego functions, ego ideals, the superego, and resultant character structure. Short- and long-range ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.46Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages59–70Various theories of opiate addiction are explored and assessed. Emphasis is placed on the special problems that narcotic addicts have with aggression and the use addicts make of opiates to relieve dysphoria associated with unmitigated aggression. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.59Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages71–84This paper discusses four types of interpersonal problems that are particularly well suited for multiple therapy. Patients are discussed in terms of their presenting problems and their resistances to change. The rationale and dynamics of utilizing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.71Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages85–94Repeated self-cutting represents a distorted form of autoerotic activity. The self-cutter opens up symbolically on her skin multiple little female genitals, the primus inter pares of erogenous zones, which become available for all sorts of autoerotic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.85Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages95–107The therapist employs the patient’s awareness of his need to achieve more satisfying stable interpersonal relationships as a focus for a therapeutic relationship and as a lever to motivate the acquisition of requisite interpersonal skills and the full ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.95Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages108–114An attempt is made to describe the supervisory process from the point of view of the supervisee. The supervisory process is divided into four main stages: (1) A relationship of teacher and pupil; (2) A relationship resembling apprenticeship; (3) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.108Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages115–121One year after the suicide of a psychiatrist, five of the seven patients she had in therapy at the time of her death were located and interviewed. These interviews are presented, along with a discussion of the context in which one should deal with the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.115Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages122–128The investigation reports the dramatic results of a reinforcement therapy intervention program aimed at eliciting and maintaining the hygienic habits of a ward of chronic psychotic patients. Via simple concrete immediate reinforcements, these patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.122Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages129–136Intake-diagnostic-orientation groups in outpatient mental health clinics have developed out of necessity to provide service more rapidly to greater numbers of patients, using existing staff and facilities. Multiple therapists and patients accompanied by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.129Publication date: 01 January 1974
Pages168–169https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.168Case Report
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Pages137–143This paper deals with some theoretical as well as practical problems that confront a white analyst when treating a black patient in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy. Basic questions about the development of transference neurosis, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.137Book Review
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Pages150–151https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.1.150Abstracts
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