American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 66
Number 2
April 2012

Highlights

Of Mind and Matter: Psychological Dimensions in Obesity

Sylvia R. Karasu, M.D.

Publication date: 01 April 2012

Pages111–128

Obesity is a physiological energy imbalance, a chronic disorder that results from an increase in caloric intake and/or a decrease in caloric expenditure. Other than the accumulation of excess adipose tissue, there are no signs or symptoms characteristic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.2.111

Original Articles

Pleasure Seeking and the Aspect of Longing for an Object in Perversion. A Neuropsychoanalytical Perspective.

Publication date: 01 April 2012

Pages129–150

In modern psychiatric classifications the term paraphilia has replaced the term perversion by changing the scope of the definitions from avoided procreation to failures of relationship-aspects of sexuality. Contemporary psychoanalysts also seem less ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.2.129

The Psychodynamics of Transference—A Virtual Reality Model

Publication date: 01 April 2012

Pages151–163

Objective: Virtual reality is not only being utilized increasingly as an enhancement for diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness, but it also can be used to model theories, generate hypotheses, and provide a new context for teaching psychodynamic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.2.151

Three Cases of Dissociative Identity Disorder and Co-Occurring Borderline Personality Disorder Treated with Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 April 2012

Pages165–180

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is an under-researched entity and there are no clinical trials employing manual-based therapies and validated outcome measures. There is evidence that borderline personality disorder (BPD) commonly co-occurs with DID ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.2.165

Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression in Women with Infants and Young Children

Sonya Kurzweil, Ph.D.

Publication date: 01 April 2012

Pages181–199

Background: It has long been known that the rate of depression is high among women with infants and young children. In recent research a psychodynamic therapy group was found to be beneficial for a self-selected, postnatal subgroup of women who were of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.2.181