American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 61
- Number 2
- April 2007
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages109–129We examined the relevance of the level and pattern of the therapeutic alliance in 44 cases of three different, manualized 30-session treatments using patient ratings of the Working Alliance Inventory after each session. It was hypothesized that both high-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.109Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages131–147Borderline personality disorder is characterized as an identity disturbance or pathology of the self-structure. The author employs concepts from deconstruction philosophy and object relations theory to explore how persons with borderline personality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.131Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages149–162This article (a) relates the many beneficial features that employing stories in psychotherapy can have, (b) offers guidelines for presenting, clarifying, and applying them to patients’ unique situations, and (c) presents a sample of therapeutic stories ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.149Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages163–179Phenomenological analyses suggest that persons with schizophrenia have profound difficulties with meaningfully engaging the world and situating a sense of self intersubjectively, which leads to the experience of self as absent. In this paper we explore ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.163Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages181–190According to some systemic thinkers, extramarital affairs are a joint venture between spouses. In an attempt to revitalize an emotionally depleted marriage, partners choose to triangulate a third party, and thus generate a crisis in the marriage. From a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.181Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages191–209Psychology students received a 14-, 28-, or 42-hour training course in reflective listening. Before and after training, the students participated in role-played counseling conversations with confederates, who rated them. The conversations were captured on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2007.61.2.191Publication date: 01 April 2007
Pages211–230The authors review the literature of cinematic-related psychiatric case reports and report the case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with intrusive thoughts of demonic possession and flashbacks of the film The Exorcist. Cinematic neurosis may be ...
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