American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 34
- Number 3
- July 1980
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages322–333Notions that women generally hold negative views of other women and demonstrate their poor opinions behaviorally by not assisting or promoting the careers of other women are specious. Where nonassistance can be located as a pattern at all, it is generally ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.322Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages334–350This article examines women as victims and women as perpetrators of violence. Although we will briefly explore women and criminal violence, the primary focus of this study is violence within the family context. Attempts to resolve the apparent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.334Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages351–362Child abuse is perpetrated mainly by mothers of young children as a result of interaction of their own deficient personalities, ambient circumstances, and problems innate in the children. Abuse situations require assessment and handling of legal, medical, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.351Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages363–373Outplacement has developed over the last decade and will continue to be utilized as an effective mechanism for executive change. It is a service which a corporation provides to employees who are terminated which includes personal counseling, assessment, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.363Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages374–386Determined efforts by women to bring about social, economic, legal and other changes have met with definite though limited success, but also brought increased violence toward women. Wives and mothers with careers still carry the major burdens of household,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.374Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages387–400While societal myths popularize the notion that twins are happy in their twinship, in reality there is a great deal of ambivalence. Characteristic psychological disturbances occur when twins who function as one unit separate in adulthood. Short-term and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.387Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages401–413In five outpatient groups totalling 42 patients, over one-third of the patients quit group treatment between six and twelve months. Interviews suggest that efforts at development of greater intimacy precipitated leaving. In two groups this created a wave ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.401Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages414–425The squiggle-drawing game is an adaptation of Winnicott’s Squiggle Technique using the story-telling approach of Gardner and Kritzberg. It is a useful technique in obtaining thematic material and communicating through metaphor with latency-age children, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.414Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages426–433A review of previous studies of the psychological reactions to blindness is presented from the early anecdotal material to more recent systematic research. The psychodynamics of a case study of a patient with acquired blindness secondary to accidental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.426Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages434–443Justification and effectiveness of a multimodal approach to treating a préadolescent who accidentally killed his twin is presented and recommended as a model for treatment of similarly disturbed children. The interaction of dynamically oriented therapy, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.3.434