American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 51
- Number 2
- April 1997
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages141–173This paper presents the theory and practice of object relations couple therapy. It applies Fairbairn’s basic object relations theory of personality development and Klein’s concept of projective and introjective identification to treating the marital joint ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.141Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages174–184The crime of stalking is the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person that threatens his or her safety. The author offers ten guidelines for the clinical risk management of such behavior, which usually involves prior ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.174Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages185–203“Relational psychoanalysis” is not a new school, but rather a broad integrative orientation focusing on Self and Other. Its origins are explored, with an emphasis on the generative dyads: Freud-Ferenczi and Klein-Winnicott. Discontent with both classical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.185Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages204–209Traditionally in the training of mental health professionals, individual dynamic psychotherapy skills have had a primary place in the teaching of psychotherapy, with group or family therapy skills added at a later stage. This paper will explore how ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.204Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages210–228A qualitative study was conducted to explore the application of self-psychological principles in the treatment of adolescent sexual offenders. A theoretical standpoint which straddled the opposing views of the psyche offered by Mahler and Stern was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.210Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages229–251In Accelerated Experiential/Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), experiencing previously unbearable affects within an emotionally engaged therapeutic relationship accelerates and deepens therapeutic change. Informed by a model of affect-centered relational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.229Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages252–272Supervisory impasses are described within a survey, written from the vantage point of residents in psychiatry. These impasses occurred most frequently between supervisors and residents. We suggest an enhanced focus on the recognition and repair of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.252Publication date: 01 April 1997
Pages273–288The use of metaphor in psychotherapy is examined from the perspective of a fist-time psychotherapist. Metaphorical theory and literature are discussed, and a case is reviewed. It is concluded that a theory-distant approach to learning psychotherapy, i.e., ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.2.273Book Review
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