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American Journal of Psychotherapy

  • Volume 56
  • Number 1
  • January 2002

Editorial

Articles

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages3–26

This report provides a descriptive evaluation of the therapist interventions implemented in the cognitive and interpersonal sessions of the Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. 135,352 therapist statements drawn from 548 treatment ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.3

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages27–45

Since Freud’s time, psychoanalytically oriented therapists have been wary of accepting gifts from patients, although they have done so in some circumstances within the sanctum of their offices. After providing a working definition of the word “gift” for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.27

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages46–58

The purpose of this article is to discuss and analyze the application of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to counsel Chinese. The analysis of the potential strengths and weaknesses of applying CBT in the treatment of Chinese clients are delineated based ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.46

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages59–75

Exposure therapy is a well-established treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that requires the patient to focus on and describe the details of a traumatic experience. Exposure methods include confrontation with frightening, yet realistically ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.59

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages76–86

A multimedia program for computer-assisted psychotherapy has been developed to help patients learn cognitive therapy skills. The program is designed to provide psychoeducation, teach self-help methods, and give information to clinicians on the patient’s ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.76

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages87–99

The authors discuss issues concerning the psychotherapeutic process in a psychiatric institution. They develop the concept of the institution as an internalized object in addition to its being an objective object. As such, it has an effect on the inner ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.87

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages100–114

This paper examines the psychopathology of Hannibal Lecter, the fictional killer and cannibal in Thomas Harris’s trilogy: Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal from an object relations point of view. The victim of childhood trauma involving the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.100

Publication date: 01 January 2002

Pages115–133

The transtheoretical nature of fundamental dilemmas in contemporary psychotherapy is explored. The basic distinction between technical and ethical dilemmas in clinical practice is discussed, as well as the ramifications for the psychotherapist. Clinical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2002.56.1.115

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