American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 62
Number 1
January 2008

Articles

Embodying the Mind: Movement as a Container for Destructive Aggression

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages1–33

Violent, nonmentalizing individuals who act out aggression do not usually respond to verbal therapeutic approaches alone. We suggest the movement in physically oriented therapies, such as yoga and martial arts, combined with psychodynamic psychotherapy ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.1

Does Attachment Theory Offer New Resources to the Treatment of Schizoaffective Patients?

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages35–49

Attachment Theory brings together biological and psychological foundations of human behavior, and therefore, it could be a useful framework for the understanding and the treatment of schizoaffective patients. Furthermore, the factors that lead to secure ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.35

Presentations of Self and the Status Dynamics of Psychotherapy and Supervision

Wynn Schwartz, Ph.D.

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages51–65

This article explores basic issues in the status dynamics of psychotherapy and supervision. Self-presentation and status markers create a dynamic that affects the participants in psychotherapy and in its supervision. “Political correctness,” at times, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.51

Therapists’ Responses to Training in Brief Supportive Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages67–81

There is little research addressing supportive psychotherapy training. This article describes training clinicians in a form of brief supportive psychotherapy (BSP) for a multisite depression study, and reports on a survey of therapist attitudes toward ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.67

Psychotherapy Clients as Human Phenomena

Janet L. Etzi, Psy.D

Publication date: 01 January 2008

Pages83–96

In this article, clients of psychotherapy are viewed as human phenomena. Viewing them as such reestablishes the true subject matter of psychotherapy. The psychotherapy project includes understanding as opposed to explanation, as one of its essential ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2008.62.1.83