American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 33
- Number 1
- January 1979
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages6–16The role of heredity in personality development and character disorder has been studied by a variety of means. These include investigation of twins and/or families, using clinical ratings, personality scales, or psychological tests; observation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.6Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages17–31Alexithymia represents a disturbance in affective and cognitive function which overlaps diagnostic categories. Emotions are not differentiated, and are poorly verbalized. Imagination related to drive fulfillment is limited. These and other problems ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.17Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages32–40Obsessional defenses require a confronting, active therapist in order to break through the intellectualized, ritualized, and highly distracting productions of the patients. The tendency to obfuscate through details and rigid adherence to the instructions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.32Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages41–53In different cultures depressions are masked by different acting-out behaviors; they vary as to type and frequency and are colored by local customs and social determinants. In Western societies hypochondriasis and psychosomatic disorders are the more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.41Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages54–66Management of the character disorders in a hospital is synonymous with the therapeutic process itself. No single mode of therapy is the answer. The key seems to be a structured social setting, a therapeutic milieu involving an interdisciplinary team ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.54Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages67–81A two-year study utilizing expressive dynamic group psychotherapy with gender-dysphoric patients is described. Two distinct stages in the emergent therapeutic relationship are labeled and clinically evaluated. Specific strategies and goals and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.67Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages82–95After having differentiated phobias from pseudophobias, the author describes the three stages in the psychodynamics of this psychoneurotic condition. A case is reported in detail and interpretations offered. The new hypothesis is advanced that the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.82Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages96–106This article focuses on the treatment of depression with special reference to pharmacotherapy. The treatment-resistant case and the possible means of resolving its problems are highlighted. The role of ECT will be considered. Long-term maintenance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.96Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages107–118Psychoanalytic and Piagetian findings are bridged by understanding character structure. Social cognition of the three character types corresponds to three phases of cognitive development: Symbolic, Intuitive, and (Concrete) Operational. A child constructs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.107Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages119–127This paper attempts to indicate some of the strengths and weaknesses of primal therapy, some of the ways it is changing and how it can be incorporated within more traditional psychodynamic frames of reference.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.119Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages128–138This article reports on an experiment in which members of a therapy group were invited to take turns doing process recordings of meetings, which were then circulated weekly to all members. The history of this “Newsletter,” its benefits, the therapeutic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.128Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages154–155https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.154Book Review
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Pages152–153https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.1.152Abstracts
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