American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 28
- Number 3
- July 1974
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages333–342Typical schizophrenic acting out, sometimes bizarre, is connected with special cognitive processes such as active concretization, delusional thinking, hallucinations. The patient is still capable of conceiving abstract ideation but cannot sustain it; it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.333Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages343–351The acting-out adolescent expresses his feelings by acts and deeds. He sees the therapeutic relationship as a contest in which he attempts to outwit and manipulate the therapist. The therapist sees this relationship as an alliance whose purpose is to help ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.343Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages352–361Masked depression rivals in frequency overt depressive reactions. Hypochondriasis and psychosomatic disorders are the commonest masks of depression seen in Western culture. However, depressions may also be disguised by acting-out or behavioral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.352Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages362–368After developing a theoretical framework for acting-out behavior, this paper through clinical examples focuses on specialized approaches that are helpful in the psychologic treatment of this form of behavior in adolescents.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.362Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages369–382Programmed Psychotherapy is an adjunctive development in psychotherapy in which the patient is presented with individually pertinent problems to solve and apply. Observations, results, and follow-up on 100 patients are presented. Some variant of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.369Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages383–396A psychoanalyst who was elected to a school committee described political analogs to therapeutic goals and alliances, subjective reactions to and by the therapist, and conflict. Psychotherapists bring skills to elective office which might produce deeper ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.383Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages397–408Parents’ feelings about their retarded children and conflictual wishes regarding their children’s dependency sometimes cause them to be uncooperative with helping agencies, including vocational schools. The combination of counseling with therapy for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.397Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages409–417This paper describes equilibrated interpersonal interactions in terms of stress, motivation, and response. Responses used in such interactions are neutralizing behaviors and conceptualization of reassuring ideas. Thought process disorganization and crisis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.409Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages418–429The article explores the neurotic conflict on a cognitive level as resulting from a selective faulty system of reasoning based on magical convictions and beliefs. The neurotic modifies his syllogistic thinking based on inferential assumptions. The roots ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.418Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages430–437Kinetic Psychotherapy is a form of group therapy relevant to youngsters who have difficulty verbalizing feelings. By combining young children’s games with group therapy, we find participants emoting and associating more freely and acting less defensively ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.430Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages438–444This paper describes the etiology, dynamics and therapy of a case of somnambulism in an eleven-year-old child who underwent a trauma following the injury of his father in an Israeli security operation. Implications of this case for the theory of the “...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.438Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages445–451This paper deals with the peculiar characteristics of the negative therapeutic reaction shown by a patient. As long as envy was interpreted as the cause of this reaction, analysis did not progress. When the negative therapeutic reaction was considered as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.445Publication date: 01 July 1974
Pages452–457The author discusses the efficacy of acknowledging to a patient that he has schizophrenia, and then illustrates through presentation of a particular case how this knowledge and understanding helped the patient to mobilize himself and enabled him to begin ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1974.28.3.452Book Review
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