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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 51
  • Number 4
  • October 1997

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages464–496

This article provides an updated treatment model for adults who report having experienced incestuous abuse in childhood. It integrates psychodynamic, traumatic stress, developmental and feminist formulations, accords greater emphasis to object relations ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.464

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages497–510

These guidelines provide practicing clinicians with information regarding psychotherapy with adults who (1) disclose an abuse history (physical, sexual, emotional) at the beginning of therapy; (2) do not disclose abuse despite having knowledge and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.497

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages511–521

The traditional dilemma of the compatibility of religion and psychotherapy is discussed within the context of maturing beyond the language and behavior of the imminent, i.e., the here-and-now. Transcendence is presented as a model for therapist and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.511

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages522–541

This paper explores the issues that arise when psychotherapists and patients do not share a common value system. Using three case studies of ultra-Orthodox Jewish patients who hold religious values and beliefs, the paper illustrataes and defines a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.522

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages542–551

The protagonist of Thomas Mann’s novella “Death in Venice” is examined in terms of object-relational theory. Splitting, his primary defense mechanism, which is employed both intrapsychically and interpersonally, is discussed at length, as is his ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.542

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages552–568

Masochism, originally described as sexual perversion by Sacher von Masoch, was elaborated by Freud to include personality pathology, and further developed by Bieber and others. The DSM-III included sexual perversion and personality pathology as separate ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.552

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages593–606

A veteran therapist reflects on his first 50 years of practice and underlines some important principles that can contribute to successful therapeutic outcomes: (1) Know Yourself; (2) Know Your Freud; (3) Protect Privacy and Your Principles; (4) Develop ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.593

Case Report

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages569–579

The phenomenological and psychodynamic differences between obsessive preadolescents and obsessive adults are pointed out. Case material shows how an effective therapeutic alliance on psychoanalytic lines can be established quite early with preadolescents. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.569

Publication date: 01 October 1997

Pages580–592

The experience of time is a component in the psychic reality that can be understood from four standpoints: the cognitive, the dynamic, the existentialaffective, and the life-span linked. This article presents a time-limited therapy in which the stress was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.580

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