American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Following an historical summary of the broader group helping field, the article differentiates among clinical group psychotherapy, “therapeutic” groups, human relations and training groups, as well as mutual-help and self-help groups. Twelve major ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Body-image disturbances and body-image misperceptions are common phenomena in the adult obese or disordered eating population, but they have received scant notice in group psychotherapy literature. This paper integrates an important missing conceptual ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Research suggests that, by itself or as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) involving exposure with response prevention (ERP) is an effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However, there is a shortage of ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

In recent years the psychiatric and psychoanalytical literature has expressed increasing interest in supportive therapy, which has long been considered rather disparagingly as a “lesser form” of psychotherapy. At the same time there has been much ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Borderline personality disorder is characterized by stereotypical, repetitive, and maladaptive interpersonal interactions. Considerable controversy exists regarding preferred treatment and prognosis. Patient-therapist interactions often result in ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

In this process-outcome study, we explored whether the therapists’ Adjustment Ratio of interpretation would be predictive of the development of working alliance in brief dynamic psychotherapy (N = 39, max 40 sessions). Therapist interventions were rated ...

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004

Publication date: 01 July 2004