American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 April 2011

While the real relationship has long been addressed in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, the matter of the real relationship in psychotherapy supervision has yet to receive any attention. Ample supervisory focus has indeed been given to the working ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011

The observation of deficits in the capacity for mature emotional self-regulation in girls who cut is noted in the literature (Daldin, 1990; ; ). The acquisition of the ability to respond in a healthy manner to stress ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Haitian immigrants remain underserved in the United States (U.S.), despite their large presence and their visibility, which increased after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Employing cultural-specific practice strategies to engage Haitians in the U.S. who ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Due to the historical preponderance of racial and/or intellectual homogeneity in the field of psychology, Eurocentrism set the “gold standard” for its method of intervention. As such, it might be argued that psychology remains a bastion of Eurocentric ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011

Contemporary psychodynamic therapists, as contrasted with early ones, are more active and interactive, less dependent on interpretations, and more focused on affects, self-regulation, and interpersonal relations, with a premium placed on the therapeutic ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011

This case study explores the clinical relevance of the differences among shame, guilt that is linked with shame, and pure guilt. Empirical literature on emotion suggests that shame is instrumental in a host of psychiatric symptoms while pure guilt is ...

Publication date: 01 April 2011