American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 31
- Number 3
- July 1977
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages345–365“Borderline” has been used to designate conditions intermediate between psychosis and neurosis, analyzability and nonanalyzability; also, for dilute or questionable schizophrenia. Contemporary usage inclines toward patients with manic-depressive heredity, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.345Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages366–375This paper is a case presentation of an acting-out borderline adolescent girl, who had been exposed to three previous attempts at treatment. The clinical material gives evidence of diagnostic and dynamic understanding of the borderline syndrome. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.366Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages376–382Biofeedback, a procedure in which patients observe and interact with personal physiologic events, may serve as an experiential adjunct to the psychotherapeutic process, perhaps by assisting them to develop their abilities to recognize and affect the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.376Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages383–393A typescript of a 10-minute segment of a taped therapeutic interview, coded by using a modification of the Gottschalk scales, quite clearly demonstrates the patient’s current focal conflict. Recognition of the current focal conflict is thus taught, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.383Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages394–404This article is a brief introduction to several different Eastern systems of philosophy and therapy. It surveys the Buddhist contributions and several contemporary applications of traditional meditation techniques within the framework of modern ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.394Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages405–416Feminist critics have failed to acknowledge the usefulness of Freud’s neutral observations about female sexual development. This paper is an attempt to refute the prejudiced, incorrect view of the modern psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.405Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages417–425In a small study assessing the psychologic sequelae on disadvantaged families after a child’s death from cancer, a high incidence of psychologic problems was found. The implication is that the coping mechanisms failed partially as a result of inadequate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.417Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages426–436This paper discusses the developmental continuum of play and its relationship to drama. The functions of drama therapy as a form of child psychotherapy are illustrated through case material, focusing on wish fulfillment, psychic integration, reenactment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.426Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages437–449Clients come to psychotherapy with their own theories of how their problems are to be solved. These ideasfall into five categories: relationship rescue, will power, vindication, bromide, and spiritualistic theories. Many of the classic disputes which ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.437Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages450–455An apparently successful treatment of a male with a long history of dyspareunia is discussed. The case is unique not only because the subject was male but also in that the etiology was functional. The case demonstrates the multicausal nature of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.450Publication date: 01 July 1977
Pages456–465A case of severely incapacitating obsessive-compulsive neurosis is treated in an inpatient setting for 13 weeks with a combination of insight-oriented, group, family, and behavioral therapies. The synergistic effects of these modalities and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1977.31.3.456Book Review
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