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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 43
  • Number 4
  • October 1989

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages468–479

This article studies the motivations of patients for psychiatric consultation. A better understanding of patient-therapist interactions will be helpful in producing an initial psychotherapeutic intervention that, in turn, will lead to an immediate change ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.468

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages480–493

A review of the literature shows that presently held views on the relation between hypnosis and conversion disorders had their origin in the previous century. This also holds for therpeutic techniques as they are still applied today. A case report ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.480

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages494–505

This paper traces the evolution of the self-psychological view of depression from its roots in classical psychoanalytic theory and technique. Self psychology differs significantly from classical psychoanalysis in its theoretical understanding and its ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.494

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages506–517

This paper explores how divorce may affect psychotherapists’ personal and professional lives. It offers theoretical speculations about the effects of divorce and makes recommendations for helping divorcing psychotherapists in their work.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.506

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages518–530

The article describes the usefulness of concepts of projective identification and the relational/structure model of countertransference in the treatment of trauma victims. Case examples are presented to illustrate how concordant, complementary, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.518

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages531–545

While the communication of empathy is thought to be a curative factor in psychotherapy, current conceptualizations usually focus on empathy as only an attitude or state of mind of the therapist. A five-stage model of therapeutic empathic communication is ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.531

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages546–561

Freud’s notion of the “death instinct” has been conceived of by many subsequent authors in many ways. One of the misuses of it is as an excuse for passivity in the face of the current crisis in human affairs. This paper reviews the “death instinct” ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.546

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages562–574

Nineteen psychiatry residents were compared to 12 community-based alternative healers on the Dissociative Experiences Scale and the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule. Neither group showed evidence of extensive psychopathology. However, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.562

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages575–587

The findings presented here suggest that mercury poisoning from dental amalgam may play a role in the etiology of mental illness. Comparisons between subjects with and without amalgam showed significant differences in subjective reports of mental health. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.575

Case Report

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages588–597

Theories about schizophrenia have viewed stress and anxiety as both predisposing factors and associated features of the disorder. But these theories ignore a possible fundamental interaction: Terrifying psychotic experiences might act as traumatic events ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.588

Publication date: 01 October 1989

Pages598–607

The psychotherapy of a 10-year-old boy is used to demonstrate the usefulness of idealizing and mirroring transferences to help patients move from a state of lack of selfhood and self-differentiation to the development of self-structures that provide ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1989.43.4.598

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