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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 45
  • Number 3
  • July 1991

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages306–316

Despite the shift from psychotherapeutic to biological focus in psychiatric residency training, residents in some programs seek out psychotherapy supervision as a means of achieving psychotherapeutic competence. Experience in a general hospital, part of a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.306

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages317–334

Codocumentation requires both patient and therapist to dictate their respective summaries of treatment sessions in each other’s presence. Such joint authorship of progress notes promotes bidirectional feedback, which can reduce both patient and therapist ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.317

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages335–347

This paper presents the use of a strategic approach to four patients with a variety of traumatic and conversion reactions. The benefits of this approach compared with others and the connection between conversion phenomena and cultural background are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.335

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages348–358

Recently, neuroscience has begun to greatly expand our knowledge of the biological basis of psychiatric illness. A great deal of emphasis has been rightly placed on not overlooking the importance of biologic disturbances or chemical imbalances in causing ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.348

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages359–367

The authors describe the role of metaphor in the theory and practice of psychotherapy. They view metaphors as fundamental elements of our worlds of language and concepts rather than only as figures of speech, poetic devices, or creative ways to make ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.359

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages368–382

This paper provides the reader with a discussion of several multidisciplinary trends in modern society which leads to a questioning of the basic theoretical orientations that underlie many of the contemporary psychotherapies. It explores the nature of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.368

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages383–412

Are meditation and psychotherapy compatible? While meditation leads to physiological, behavioral, and cognitive changes that may have potential therapeutic benefits, psychoanalytic and Jungian critics claim that meditation is regressive, fosters ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.383

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages425–431

Bowlby describes premature care-giving behaviors directed from a child to a parent as the antecedent of a compulsive care-giving pattern of relating in adulthood. A case example is presented to illustrate the psychological sequelae of role reversal in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.425

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages432–444

This report describes the insight-oriented psychotherapy of a woman who became pregnant shortly after her therapist did. This was not considered an instance of acting out. The pregnancies were found to enhance the therapy and provide catalysts for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.432

Case Report

Publication date: 01 July 1991

Pages413–424

Patients were recruited from the UCLA AIDS Research Center who had previously been referred to psychiatry for participation in an open-label pilot program that treated patients with major depression with fluoxetine. They chose to participate in group ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1991.45.3.413

Book Review

Notes and Comments

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