American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 28
- Number 2
- April 1974
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages174–193Secondary transsexualism is defined as transsexualism developing in homosexuals and transvestites regressively under conditions of stress. Secondary transsexuals, homosexual and transvestitic, are differentiated, each from the other, and both from primary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.174Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages194–207In certain patients suicidality is not a symptom of another psychiatric disorder, but a central element of character structure. Treatment approaches that are effective in acute, symptomatic suicidal states may actually increase the long-term suicide risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.194Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages208–221Morita therapy is an effective psychotherapeutic method developed in Japan. This article describes its method, psychology, and demonstrates a convergence of its rationale with the philosophy of Zen. Morita therapy is a significant complement to those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.208Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages222–234International conflict and cooperation are subjects of crucial concern to all of us. This paper attempts to put these parameters in an existential frame of reference in which the fluidities of space, time, and meaning alter or make significant the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.222Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages235–242The obligation to guard the information gained in psychotherapy can develop into a conflict, as the supervision necessitates its display. Ambivalent hesitation may hamper the psychotherapist’s effectiveness and progress. No generally valid answer to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.235Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages243–251Two competing languages, grounded on different nuclear operations of the mind, are used for the description of psychotherapeutic interaction: the scientific and the humanistic. Therapists must be educated in both, or their understanding and interpretation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.243Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages252–264Rapid social changes have weakened traditional belief systems. The resulting insecurity is felt by many patients and can present itself as a therapeutic problem. This article outlines the most important contemporary belief systems and their relationship ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.252Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages265–277Shortening the length of psychotherapy is one way in which the discrepancy between supply and demand in mental health services may be reduced. Brief therapeutic approaches developed from three different theoretical orientations are described: crisis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.265Publication date: 01 April 1974
Pages282–287This paper describes the use of a simple and effective relaxation method by patients with serious medical problems. The method consists of muscular relaxation followed by the use of a pleasant, relaxing memory as a center on which attention may be focused ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.2.282Notes and Comments
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Publication date: 01 April 1974
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