American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 January 2003

The past twenty years have witnessed revolutionary changes in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis in the United States. The previously dominant clinical model of ego psychology with its emphasis on ubiquitous unconscious conflict between instinctual ...

Publication date: 01 January 2003

Following the publication of such works as Auguste Comte’s Cour de Philosophic Positive (1830-1842), in which he argued the inherent immaturity of metaphysical discourse, metaphysics, for Western intellectuals—especially for Western intellectuals ...

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The therapeutic alliance is taught and commonly regarded as essential in engendering change. The formation and maintenance of such an alliance often involves the corrective emotional experience of the patient with the therapist and the therapist’s ability ...

Publication date: 01 January 2003

The goal of this article is to update the conceptualization and format of the traditional psychodynamic formulation to include new areas of knowledge and thereby increase its usefulness, following a historical review of the concept of psychodynamic ...

Publication date: 01 January 2003

Psychodynamic psychotherapists are not generally accustomed to discussing with patients the impact of their own personal experiences on their clinical work. Psychotherapists who return to work postmaternity leave, however, have both a rich opportunity and ...

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The article describes a study of therapists involved in treating survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The authors focus on what induces participants change their usual therapeutic boundaries. Through qualitative research utilizing extensive interviews, ...

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most debilitating of the anxiety disorders. As our knowledge about this childhood condition continues to grow, there is a need for controlled treatment-outcome trials with precise assessments that are ...

Publication date: 01 January 2003

This paper, which analyzes Thomas Mann’s short story Tristan from an object-relational perspective, posits that Spinell, the protagonist, is functioning primarily in the schizoid position. Splitting, his primary defense mechanism, is discussed at length. ...

Publication date: 01 January 2003

Caregiving by relatives to a person with mental illness is demanding and overwhelming. This paper describes how to use guided imagery, role-playing, humor, and paradoxical intervention to help the wife of a man with mental illness in easing her worry, ...

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As the physiological birth of the human infant precedes the psychological birth, the technology that has enabled birth of a child through donor fertility treatments may precede the psychological birth of the parent to such a child. The clinical vignette ...

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