American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 38
- Number 1
- January 1984
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages4–16Tactics developed from analytic or cognitive theories are similar, though differently described. Analytic therapies, derivative from psychoanalysis, are less rigorous in application of active techniques. The therapies differ also in session structure, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.4Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages17–34This is a study of the nature of narcissistic phenomena, based in part on the observation of children, which seeks to translate clinical observation into the language of space and territoriality, and to account for the appearance of narcissistic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.17Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages35–46A female patient with agoraphobia is presented to demonstrate the need for flexibility in designing a treatment program for the agoraphobic patient. Nodal points of treatment reassessment are reviewed in this case to illustrate the effectiveness of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.35Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages47–62Although the research in computer-mediated psychotherapy is scattered, mostly empirical, and often poorly controlled, it holds great promise. It is the purpose of this paper to briefly review the relevant literature providing a rationale for computer-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.47Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages63–72This paper describes a game which can be used to modify disruptive behavior of latency-age children involved in group interaction. The game engages children as observers of their own behavior and the behavior of their peers. The conceptual basis for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.63Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages73–86Inadequate characterizations of religion and differences in levels of religious involvement may lead to clinical bias against religious concerns. Psychopathological distortions of religion do not vitiate the concept of “healthy” religion. Too often, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.73Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages87–96This paper compares the content of several current theories of individual, group, and family therapies to seed ideas in ancient Eastern religions and philosophies. Gestalt, existential, psychoanalytic, transactional-analysis, cognitive, and family therapy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.87Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages97–110During the past decade, psychiatry in Sweden has progressed from its traditional organic emphasis to a system incorporating psychodynamic and social approaches. The current status of Swedish psychotherapy is presented against the background of historical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.97Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages111–120This paper examines the concept of empathy and the paradoxes it presents. A case illustration is used to show that empathic understanding is the end result of a complex process with definable modalities and levels.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.111Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages159–160https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.159Case Report
Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages121–131In the paranoid adaptation to posttraumatic stress civilian life is treated as an extention of combat. This adaptation and its relation to the way in which the veteran experienced events in combat is discussed. A case illustration is utilized to show how ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.121Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages132–145We call attention to the problems of children who witness parental murder by presenting the treatment of a four-year-old girl. Complex therapeutic and legal dilemmas in such cases require dual roles of the clinician as therapist and as legal advocate for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1984.38.1.132Notes and Comments
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