American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 63
- Number 4
- October 2009
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages287–303There is a significant lag in the development of evidence based approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents despite the fact that these disorders typically onset during these developmental periods. Available studies suggest that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.287Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages305–317The impact on the family of a child with serious mental illness or some other form of disability has been well documented by many authors. Contributing to this impact is society’s attitude to mental disabilities, which has been ambivalent and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.305Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages319–344Research indicates that the therapeutic alliance between therapist and pediatric patient is most effective in the context of a productive supporting alliance—an alliance encompassing the network of relationships among therapists, parents and teachers. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.319Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages345–362Child psychotherapists recognize that working with parents is an indispensable part of working individually with child and adolescent patients. Children and adolescents are typically referred by their parents or other concerned adults. What tends to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.345Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages363–376The body image is the individual’s mental representation of his own body, a representation that encompasses both perceptual and ideational components. In this paper I will explore the concept of body image, its development and its relationship to self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.363Abstracts
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages377–380https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.377Index
Publication date: 01 October 2009
Pages381–383https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2009.63.4.381