American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 32
- Number 4
- October 1978
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages493–495https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.493Articles
Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages496–509In this introduction to the study and treatment of antisocial disorders, pain and loss to, as well as from, the sociopath are explored in an effort to establish and update an overview of sociopathy for the therapist or social scientist who is asked to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.496Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages510–520The author identifies the effective technical aspects of cross-cultural psychotherapy: appropriate use of the medical model, recognition of nonverbal communication, and sensitivity to the subjective aspects of the patient’s life. These approaches, when ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.510Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages521–532Borderline patients evoke unique countertransference responses among members of the treatment team: pejorative behavior, undue optimism, and pessimistic nihilism to these patients, along with difficulties in limit-setting, and fragmentation of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.521Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages533–543In attempting psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adolescents who lack a verbal orientation, the essential mode of interaction between patient and therapist is substantially weakened. Certain modifications of therapeutic techniques, needed because of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.533Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages544–551Analysis of dreams is often used in group psychotherapy to explore common group tensions and individual internal conflicts. The author pays special attention to the first dream which a patient reports in the course of group psychotherapy. These first ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.544Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages552–560Fear of death appears to be universal in the psychopathology of aging, although it is frequently repressed. Judicious pharmacotherapy and insightful psychotherapy are effective in treating the elderly. Two case histories are given in illustration. Despite ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.552Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages561–571Modern medical practice has changed cancer from an acute to a chronic catastrophe. The family system of a cancer patient moves therefore into a state of a “limbo” where interactions, plans, and socioeconomic realities are continually imbalanced and ever-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.561Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages572–582A treatment model is described by which psychodynamic clinicians can guide parents to become the primary change agents when their child is the identified patient. Three cases are presented where brief treatment, in which guided clinical interventions were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.572Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages583–592The physical technique of slow, long distance running and the mental centering devices of T. M. are combined, using hypnosis in some cases, to enhance a “peak experience,” or altered state of consciousness. Indications and contraindications to this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.583Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages593–602There are many potential causes for malpractice actions in outpatient psychotherapy. Pertinent cases are reviewed, their implications discussed, and means by which practitioners can avert malpractice are described.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.593Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages625–627https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.625Case Report
Publication date: 01 October 1978
Pages603–612Clinical material is presented on a single case of impotence in a middle-aged black man. The symbolic meanings of the symptom in terms of the patient’s aggression, feelings about his racial self-image, and the options that allow for male identity are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.603Book Review
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Pages620–621https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.620Publication date: 01 October 1978
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Pages622–623https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.622Index
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Pages629–633https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.4.629Past Issues
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