American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 49
- Number 2
- April 1995
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages163–170In an important paper in this journal, F. T. Varghese demonstrated the clinical benefit of the phenomenological method, and showed that this benefit is effectuated in and through the empathic field. However, Varghese’s formulations are in crucial respects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.163Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages171–179This brief self-reflective phenomenological study attempts to throw light on the inner mental processes that go on immediately following open heart surgery. The combination of organic assault, medication, post-traumatic stress, and psychological injury ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.171Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages180–195In recent years, there has been mounting pressure for the various schools and techniques of psychotherapy to demonstrate their effectiveness empirically. Numerous empirical studies, often ingenious, have been conducted for this purpose. Many of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.180Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages197–212Phenomenological study of melancholics carried out at the University of Heidelberg reveals serious problems in their identity concepts and their lack of an autonomous identity. Based on these findings, the author offers suggestions for effective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.197Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages215–224Phenomenologic study of psychogenic and psychosomatic patients reveals that they suffer from a substantial impairment of communication. This lends itself to the use of hermeneutics, the art of interpretation, for the facilitation of correction of this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.215Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages225–236This paper illustrates how programmed writing lessons from a codependency workbook can be used in conjunction with traditional verbal psychotherapy. Each patient in the series was involved in a symbiotically enmeshed relationship. Special benefits gained ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.225Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages237–243Harmfulness and prevalence of sex between therapist and patient are difficult to research because accurate rate of harm in the general population cannot be established. Outrage at professional-ethics violations must be separated from symptom assessment, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.237Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages244–259Projective psychological tests are an aid to diagnosis. Yet, they may he used as an adjunct to, or in themselves, as brief and emergency psychotherapy, mainly in the sharing of results with patients. The test administration procedure is analogous to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.244Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages260–281This article offers a review of gender identity disorder (G.I.D.) with a case presentation of a four-year-old boy. The youngsters’ cross-gender behavior, concomitant diagnoses, treatment, parental input, and transitional objects are considered. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.260Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 1995
Pages282–291A case of refractory PTSD was treated with Eye Movement Desensitization/Reprocessing (EMDR). Within one 60-minute session there was a dramatic resolution of two traumatic memories that persisted at nine-month follow-up. Long-standing personality factors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1995.49.2.282Book Review
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