American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 46
- Number 4
- October 1992
Editorial
Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages499–502https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.499Articles
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Pages503–505https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.503Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages506–514The evolution of psychiatry has included a reduction in the conceptualization the doctor-patient relationship as a therapeutic dyad, a concept in which therapist and patient are seen as two dynamically interactive parties. In addition, there has been a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.506Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages515–525Sexual misconduct is a topic of great affective intensity and capacity for stirring up conflict; the issue consequently appears to evoke resistances to dynamic understanding of this complex phenomenon. The authors describe how these resistances manifest ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.515Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages526–531From four different standpoints—philosophical, clinical, legal, and empirical—the authors examine issues inherent in the controversy over criminalization therapist-patient sex. From within each standpoint they raise questions that, argue, need to be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.526Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages532–543Behavior therapy is a psychotherapy method with unique qualities from risk-management standpoint. The authors discuss some of these aspects, including directiveness, replicability, use of lay cotherapists, exposure treatments, boundary issues. Attention ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.532Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages544–555Sexual contact between psychotherapists and patients is unethical, exploitative, and harmful. It commonly begins through breaches of appropriate therapeutic boundaries. A preventive approach involves training clinicians, educating public, and establishing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.544False Sexual-Abuse Allegations by Children and Adolescents: Contextual Factors and Clinical Subtypes
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Pages556–570The authors present a typology of false allegations of sexual abuse against children that is derived from the literature and their clinical experience. The specific subtypes described are false allegations (1) arising out of custody disputes, (2) stemming ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.556Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages571–580Decisions about institutionalized patients’ sexual activity were not influenced by professional norms of: (1) competence of a patient to engage in sexual activity, (2) degree of consent, but were influenced by conventional norms of (3) nature of sexual ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.571Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages581–582We created numerical data from recorded conversations between patient and therapist, during therapeutic sessions. These were transformed into plots using computer graphics according to the algorithms of dynamical systems theory called attractor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.581Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages592–610This paper comments on the important immediate practical clinical significance of the investigative work of Badalamenti and Langs, which approaches individual sessions of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy as a dynamical system in action capable of being ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.592Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages611–619The paper presents some clinical implications of recent findings stemmingfrom the mathematical analyses of quantified measures of the therapeutic dialogue. Of note is the lawful aspects of how we communicate and the relationship between communicative ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.611Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages620–639Psychotherapy can be meaningfully undertaken with the neuropsychologically impaired patient, but modifications should be employed to deal with the impact of neuropsychological deficits on treatment. Neuropsychological evaluation is needed along with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.620Case Report
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Pages640–662This case illustrates the emergence of a transference relationship and the working-through of conflict in a black preschool boy referred because of disruptive behavior. The child’s preoccupation with violence was manifested through aggressive and self ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.640Book Review
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Pages663–665https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.663Publication date: 01 October 1992
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Pages667–669https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.667Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages669–670https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.669Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages670–671https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.670Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages671–672https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.671Abstracts
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Pages674–675https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.674Publication date: 01 October 1992
Pages676–679https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.676Index
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Pages680–684https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1992.46.4.680Past Issues
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