American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 33
- Number 4
- October 1979
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages487–489https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.487Articles
Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages490–505https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.490Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages506–520This article describes certain theoretical and clinical problems commonly met with during the psychoanalytic treatment of adult homosexual patients. Difficulties discussed are selected out of extensive clinical experience and are described under several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.506Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages521–530Severe crises bring acting-out patients to psychotherapy. In order to keep them in treatment, the therapist has to educate them about what psychotherapy is. An explanation of the tasks of psychotherapy, as well as of patient and psychotherapist is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.521Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages531–546Guidelines for the ordinary psychotherapist in the day-to-day office treatment of so-called borderline patients are presented. Practical pointers for handling problems of diagnosis, working alliance, transferences, middle phase, and termination are given, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.531Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages547–554It is proposed that represssion, regression, and other defenses are associated with various transmitter systems under the guidance of the predominantly serotonergic, aversive, and the noradrenergic reward centers. The alteration of total and base ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.547Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages555–563The emergence of different models of psychological healing from Freud to the present, and specific features which characterize “new” psychotherapies in contrast to psychoanalysis are examined. The author maintains that these represent a chronological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.555Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages564–571Brief psychotherapy is predicated upon a thorough knowledge of psychodynamics and careful conceptualization of each individual’s psychopathology. Areas and methods of intervention must be concisely selected and clearly goal-related. As a modality, I see ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.564Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages572–582Encouragement of open, direct communication between members of a dyad may produce favorable or unfavorable results, depending upon the situation. The author presents a system of classifying communication barriers, designed to help the therapist decide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.572Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages583–591Termination is usually a difficult and painful, yet powerfully significant life experience. It is experienced in multiple contexts beginning with birth and ending with death. This article addresses itself to these issues and the when and how of goodbyes.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.583Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages592–602Students’ resistances to learning psychiatry and their difficulties in relating to disturbed patients are both due largely to their own anxieties. Therefore it is both necessary and possible for the teacher to give them effective psychotherapeutic help as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.592Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages603–615The directly observed, continuous case conference is studied in depth as a format for teaching child psychotherapy. The effects of group dynamics, direct observation, and the specific case on the processes of therapy, learning, and supervision are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.603Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages634–636https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.634Case Report
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Pages616–621Unlike most Munchausen patients, Miss A. was willing to define herself as a psychiatric, as well as a medical-surgical, patient. Consequently, it was possible to engage her in therapy in which observation could occur. It was found, also, that Miss A. had ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.616Book Review
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Pages622–624https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.622Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages625–626https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.625aPublication date: 01 October 1979
Pages626–627https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.626Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages627–628https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.627Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages628–629https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.628Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages629–630https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.629Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages630–631https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.630Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages631–632https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.631Publication date: 01 October 1979
Pages632–633https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.632Abstracts
Index
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Pages638–641https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.4.638Past Issues
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