American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 48
- Number 3
- July 1994
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages330–346This is a study of the role of disturbed regulatory function in teenagers. Early negative events dunng infancy appear to instill an inner presence that functions as a negative ideal. This in turn makes for a driven pattern of punishment-seeking, self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.330Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages347–362The treatment of self-destructive adolescents is rendered difficult by their inability to tolerate success. The very sense of progress which strengthens the efforts of most patients evokes a negative therapeutic reaction from this group. They then employ ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.347Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages363–379Practicing psychologists were surveyed to determine the extent to which they referenced their personal code (as compared to legal or professional codes) when making decisions about breaching confidentiality. Those who believed in absolute confidentiality (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.363Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages380–391As the use of combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy becomes more prevalent, psychiatrists are beginning to delineate how particular psychotherapy approaches deal with combined treatments. This process needs to take place in regard to specific ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.380Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages392–400The author examines the costs of treating multiple personality disorder (MPD), and reaches the following conclusions: First, the condition is almost certainly overdiagnosed, with a resulting increase in total costs for mental health services. Second, it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.392Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages401–416It is proposed that hierarchial interactions are governed by a number of biological mechanisms. They bring acute hierarchical encounters to an end and maintain hierarchical stability. Their abenant functioning may contribute to the development of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.401Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages417–431Much has been written about the needs of therapy trainees and how to address them in supervision, but little has been written about how to address the needs of psychotherapy supervisor trainees who are having their own work supervised; an attempt is made ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.417Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages432–440Limit setting is a necessary aspect of clinical treatment but the professional literature on this subject is relatively sparse and does not address many of the core issues, including some countertransferential and ethical problems raised by the approach. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.432Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages441–454An overwhelming left-wing political and secular orientation was found among the 624 Israeli psychotherapy practitioners and students who participated in the present study (with no significant differences between them.) The participants have become ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.441Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1994
Pages455–467Only very recently in South Africa has psychotherapy been practiced across the apartheid divide. There has therefore been relatively little dialogue between African healing practices and Western ones. The present paper, which outlines a therapeutic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1994.48.3.455