American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 54
- Number 4
- October 2000
Articles
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages441–450https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.441Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages452–476This paper carries out an analysis of the nature of mature religiosity on the basis of psychoanalytic findings and concepts, rather than attempting a philosophical and theological approach to religion. It highlights a striking correspondence between the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.452Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages477–481https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.477Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages482–485https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.482Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages486–500Cancer illness affects people in many ways, physical, financial, and existential. In this paper, we describe a proposed group intervention for individuals with advanced disease who want help finding a sense of meaning at this critical juncture in their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.486Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages501–511People with advanced cancer face an existential crisis in addition to their physical suffering. The principles of a new group therapy intervention (MCGP) were introduced in another paper in this issue. This paper is a report of some of the themes and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.501Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages519–530Psychotherapy with a dying Vietnam veteran is described. In spite of a severe heart condition and HIV-positive diagnosis, the outspoken and provocative patient reverts to heroin and cocaine use early in the treatment. This causes a heart attack and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.519Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages531–548Zen meditation, or zazen, has attracted the interest of many psychotherapists. The teachings and practices of the Soto Zen tradition are understood as encouraging important areas of both psychological and spiritual development. Zen, like the relational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.531Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages549–559This paper discusses the experiences of today’s psychodynamically oriented mental health trainees. Recent changes in the training environment, such as the increase in managed care, rise in use of psychotropic medication, the waning popularity of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.549Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages560–573An existential perspective on human suffering suggests that the psychoanalytic view of the unconscious poses a difficult dilemma in regard to self-examination: On the one hand, not to pursue introspection may leave one as a person driven by untoward ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.560Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages574–579https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.574Case Report
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages512–518This article emphasizes the value of a therapeutic presence in terminal death situations. An unusual clinical case illustrates the point. The presenting issue was aggression between an adult son and father. It soon became apparent, however, that this son ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.512Abstracts
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages580–583https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.580Index
Publication date: 01 October 2000
Pages584–587https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.584Past Issues
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