American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Terrorist attacks combine features of criminal assaults, disasters, and acts of war. Accordingly, much of our clinical knowledge in treating this relatively new kind of traumatic event is adapted from experiences in treating victims of criminal assault, ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Persistent medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are a serious problem because they are common, difficult to treat effectively, and have a significant impact on both functional outcomes and health-care utilization costs. An attachment-existential ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

The concise curriculum vitae of the founder of existential analysis is followed by an exact comparison of the polarity (homo natura versus homo cultura) between Binswanger and Freud. Then the five stages in the development of (Existential Daseinsanalysis ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

This paper gives a brief outline of the Conversational Model which is among the best validated of currently employed psychotherapies. The theory is built around the idea that the central task of psychotherapy is to potentiate the emergence and ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

The process of learning to conduct psychotherapy is extremely challenging, especially in the initial stages. It is not inappropriate for the novice to seek concrete guidance as to how to proceed in the initial work with the patient. Unfortunately, however,...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Objective: This study examines the perceptions of trainees and supervisors on the boundaries of the supervisory relationship. Method: A 19-item questionnaire about the appropriateness of the actions of a psychotherapy supervisor was completed by 43 ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

An out-of-body experience (OBE) is a unique dissociative event in which the person feels separated from his/her body. Studies and anecdotal reports have observed that this experience tends to appear spontaneously in stressful and hypnogogic situations. It ...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

The issue of abortion typically has been categorized as a “women’s issue.” However, males whose partners choose to terminate a pregnancy are also affected by the abortion decision. This paper, using the case of Mr. R. as an illustration, explores one man’...

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Publication date: 01 January 2004

Publication date: 01 January 2004