American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 63
- Number 3
- July 2009
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 2009
Pages211–226The author reviews the psychodynamics of eating disorder behaviors in women with childhood sexual abuse histories, with a focus on anorexia, bingeing, purging, and overeating. The various defenses and behaviors interact with each other through numerous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.211Publication date: 01 July 2009
Pages227–243In the First Experimental Study of Transference Interpretations (FEST), showing the best treatment effects from dynamic psychotherapy with transference interpretations, one subgroup was female patients who had difficult relationships with others (low ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.227Is a Psychodynamic Perspective Relevant to the Clinical Management of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder?
Publication date: 01 July 2009
Pages245–256Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a severe and disabling condition with considerable variability in clinical presentation, course, and treatment response. Based upon demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials, selective serotonin reuptake ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.245Publication date: 01 July 2009
Pages257–266Pathologic hoarding is a symptom generally recognized as related to obsessional dynamics (Gutheil, 1959). The hoarder cannot, without great anxiety, tolerate separation from or dispose of his possessions. Thus the hoarder accumulates vast amount of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.257Publication date: 01 July 2009
Pages267–282This article presents a reconceptualization of trauma in terms of the damage it inflicts on the patient’s conception of his or her world. The article includes (1) an analysis of how this view renders the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.3.267Book Review
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