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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 51
  • Number 3
  • July 1997

Articles

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages309–316

Dr. Albert Ellis is the Founder and President of the Institute of Rational Emotive Therapy in New York City. He began the development of rational-emotive therapy in 1955. He has been the recipient of the Distinguished Professional Contributions to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.309

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages317–328

Empathic understanding is reconsidered as an interpersonal process requiring continuous validation and as a phenomenon based on the belief that the inner world of others is ascertainable. The relationship between experiencing patients’ emotions and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.317

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages329–342

Psychotherapists in managed-care settings feel increased pressures to accomplish their work more quickly. These pressures can influence the conduct of therapy in a number of ways: by decreasing the therapists’ ability to listen, causing premature closure ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.329

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages343–356

Inadequacies in object-relations theory become apparent when one attempts to use them to enhance understanding of self-referential affects, notably shame. Proceeding from a discussion of this affect, the author proposes a new “theory of alterity,” ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.343

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages357–375

Exploitative therapist-patient relationships are examined to derive psychodynamic themes that result from interaction, as well as independent psychopathology in therapist and patient. Several illustrative clinical vignettes** are provided, together with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.357

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages376–386

Early childhood memories (EMs) are discussed as a unique psychological product that is capable of revealing basic issues around which the personality is organized. After a survey of the major theoretical approaches to understanding EMs, methods of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.376

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages387–402

Surviving multiple AIDS-related losses confronts individuals with a number of challenges to their sense of identity. For gay men especially, identification with HIV as a defining characteristic of self is not uncommon. Developmental stages become jumbled. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.387

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages403–414

This study documents that clinicians are inspired by patients (i.e. experience positive emotional, cognitive or behavioral change from work with a patient). Therapists (n = 84) reported a stronger therapeutic alliance with inspiring patients than ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.403

Case Report

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages415–430

Residents in psychiatric training, while being the least experienced clinicians, are faced with treating some of the more severely ill patients. This case study presents a complicated patient for whom brief dynamic psychotherapy by a third-year resident ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.415

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages431–444

Psychotherapy that employs a developmental psychodynamic perspective may help older patients navigate conflicts and challenges that frequently accompany the aging process. The case of A., an 81-year-old widow, is used to illustrate several themes that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.3.431

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