American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 50
- Number 2
- April 1996
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages137–153In recent decades writers representing virtually all schools of psychoanalysis have given unconscious fantasy a more prominent place in their theories of psychodynamics and psychotherapy. The article discusses some of the reasons for this and reviews the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.137Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages154–166The author reviews the importance of characterological factors in ‘multiple personality’ or dissociative identity disorder (DID) and cites contemporary research comparing it to the narcissistic and borderline personality disorders. He then describes two ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.154Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages167–177The typical “false memory syndrome” debates assume that clinicians must establish whether a recovered memory of abuse is objectively true. The present paper criticizes that assumption from three psychoanalytic perspectives and proposes that it reflects a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.167Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages178–193Concepts from psychoanalytic self psychology may he valuable in explaining confusing clinical experiences in psychotherapy with psychotic patients. In this article, we describe three clinical cases in which the patient believed that one of the therapist’s ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.178Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages194–207Acting out seeks to communicate unconscious urges and important childhood experiences, yet can present as a resistance to insight. Mutual and interacting regressive transferences stimulate acting-out behaviors that have led to the concepts of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.194Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages208–216Those aspects of Heidegger’s thought culminating in his notion of “authenticity” are described, and the use of his concepts in the psychotherapy of certain adolescents is suggested. This paper offers some details of Heidegger’s position and its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.208Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages217–230Recently there has been considerable controversy about the reality or validity of patient’s memories of abuse recovered while in psychotherapy. The debate has been polarized by those who maintain the impossibility of such “strong repression” versus those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.217Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages231–242This paper is about the therapeutic approach to older people who suffer from war trauma experienced at an earlier age. Special attention is paid to posttraumatic re-experiencing and its role in treatment. First, a few examples of posttraumatic re-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.231Case Report
Publication date: 01 April 1996
Pages243–251Most therapists have only limited experience treating cases with multiple personalities. They are, hence, vulnerable to a number of countertransferential traps. Concentration on the personalities rather than underlying conflicts can be one of these. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1996.50.2.243Book Review
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