American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 35
- Number 4
- October 1981
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages465–467https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.465Articles
Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages469–480Psychotherapy can be successful with suicidal patients if the therapist does not reduce therapy to management and control of the patient; understands the ways in which the patient uses his potential death as part of his adaptation; and avoids specific ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.469Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages481–488With the advent of the rapid treatment for sexual dysfunction in the early 1970s, there has been a trend toward the development of a separate discipline of “sex therapy.” This article explores reasons for that development and recommends that legitimate ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.481Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages489–501Mental health and mental illness are approached as based on relatively successful or disordered ego functioning. Psychotherapies are classified in terms of their approach to the ego. Intensive psychotherapy is compared with other forms of psychotherapy on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.489Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages502–509Until recently, lesbianism was considered a developmental disorder. Studies have now shown that lesbians are indistinguishable from heterosexual women in psychological adjustment. However, lesbians must cope with considerable stress living in a society ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.502Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages510–516https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.510Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages517–525Complexities and complications which confront gay bereaved, e.g., lack of societal mechanisms, sanctions, and resources to aid in the bereavement process are identified and examined. Case material is used to document and delineate these and other special ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.517Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages526–533Contemporary programming in public mental health care emphasizes stabilization and maintenance of the psychiatric patient. Many object to the term, but current standards of success essentially redefine “cure” as reduced recidivism. Although contemporary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.526Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages534–541This article considers problems related to follow-up counseling of rape victims. These problems include: the victim’s defenses of denial and suppression; the characteristics of some women who are particularly vulnerable to rape; the response of some women ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.534Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages542–549Questionnaires were forwarded to psychotherapists of different disciplines in San Diego, California. Information regarding incidents and demographic data on the therapists and other significant summary data were gathered. No attempt was made at a cause/...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.542Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages550–558Self-destructive, masochistic behavior has concerned and confused psychotherapists for many years. The author presents four cases of extreme self-mutilating acts: three cases of self-mutilation of the eyes and one case of self-amputation. The literature ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.550Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages559–564Religious patients often present special resistance to treatment, struggle with characteristic conflicts, and evoke particular countertransference responses. Ethical dilemmas arising in treatment usually reflect the tension between the need to provide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.559Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages565–575Countertransference distortions particular to psychotherapeutic work between religious therapists and patients are discussed. It is suggested that such distortions are based in both participants’ neurotic uses of religious affiliation, partially ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.565Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages576–587The authors have worked with rheumatologic patients in both clinical research and psychotherapy. They present clinical findings and psychotherapeutic applications derived from their experience. Cotherapy with individuals and groups is examined from the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.576Publication date: 01 October 1981
Pages601–603https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.601Book Review
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Pages598–600https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.598aNotes and Comments
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Pages605–606https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.605Index
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Pages607–612https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1981.35.4.607Past Issues
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