American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 53
- Number 2
- April 1999
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages143–162The author proposes the practice of spiritual psychotherapy, which transcends but does not preclude traditional modalities or strategies of treatment. The terms soul and spirit are distinguished as different transpersonal abstractions, yet are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.143Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages163–176Sporadic encounters with deaf patients seeking psychotherapy present a challenge to general clinicians outside of specialized services for the deaf. Skills for working with people who do not share one’s own language mode and culture are not routinely ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.163Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages177–187Exploration of the clinical literature shows an awareness that an infant’s experience as a selfobject often is traumatic, but if there is an experience of mutuality, the trauma might be avoided. Where such mutuality does not occur, an infant’s experience ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.177Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages188–200An important effect of managed care is keeping partially decompensated patients out of the hospital, for this is the single most decisive factor in cutting the costs of psychiatric services. It is proposed that discharging sicker patients from inpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.188Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages201–214Historically, psychotherapists have targeted change efforts primarily on clients’ behaviors, beliefs, unconscious conflicts, and patterns of interaction with significant others. The present article explores a further, and very powerful, path to change: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.201Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages215–224This article puts forth the proposition that asking questions is detrimental to successful therapy with unwilling clients. The utility of three commonly used approaches is examined by asking: Does continuing questioning impede therapy with involuntary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.215Publication date: 01 April 1999
Pages232–245Over a period of time, the author arrived at a few tentative postulates concerning empathy and related processes based on some of his experiences and observations. The central theme of these postulates is, firstly, that interpersonal interaction is an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.232Book Review
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