American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 63
- Number 2
- April 2009
Articles
Publication date: 01 April 2009
Pages103–131This paper discusses the structure and function of the trait of perfectionism within the obsessive personality, and how it dovetails with other features of that style. The author proposes a nuclear adaptive/defensive “myth of perfection” and delineates ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.2.103Publication date: 01 April 2009
Pages133–146Psychological dissociation is commonly perceived by mental health professionals as the pathological splitting of consciences or as an impairment in adaptive integration. In hypnotherapy dissociation is considered one of the most significant features of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.2.133Publication date: 01 April 2009
Pages147–167Patients with schizoid personality disorders (SPD) often challenge clinicians because of their seemingly detached and restricted affective behaviour, which may be interpreted as lack of motivation for treatment and lifestyle changes. However, Bleuler ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.2.147Publication date: 01 April 2009
Pages169–181In this paper, the case is made that providing therapy to a client can he therapeutic for the therapist. Therapist change is not intentionally sought nor professionally delivered, but is from those client interactions experienced as healing. The possible ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.2.169Publication date: 01 April 2009
Pages183–205Elvin Semrad was among the most influential and beloved teachers of psychotherapy in his generation. His legacy as a clinician, teacher, and mentor is still felt today, even among those who never knew him directly. What and how he taught remains as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.2.183Book Review
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