American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 66
Number 4
October 2012

Highlights

Farewell

T. Byram Karasu, M.D.

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages311–312https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.311

Original Articles

Beyond Attachment: Psychotherapy with a Sexually Abused Teenager

Christine B. L. Adams, M.D.

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages313–330

When children are abused they utilize strategies already in place to cope with stress. These strategies develop during early life within the family and may be part of the unconscious framework formed within attachments and relationships. The case ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.313

Imagining the Other: The Influence of Imagined Conversations on the Treatment Process

Margaret Arnd-Caddigan, Ph.D., LCSW

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages331–348

The Constructivist Grounded Theory Study reported in this paper is based on the narrative experiences of psychotherapists who used the intersession experience of having an imagined conversation with a client. The therapists reported that they use imagined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.331

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents Adapted for Self-injury (IPT-ASI): Rationale, Overview, and Case Summary

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages349–374

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), the intentional destruction of one’s own body tissue without the conscious intent to die, is a significant health concern among adolescents, however, there are few psychosocial interventions designed to treat NSSI. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.349

Three Problems with the Theory of Cognitive Therapy

S. Giac Giacomantonio, Ph.D.

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages375–390

Three problems with the theory of cognitive therapy are presented. Each is argued as a problem for the model of change in cognitive therapy, not for their impact (if any) on treatment. They are (a) the unpredictability of cure and relapse, (b) the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.375

The Role of Edge-Sensing in Experiential Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages391–406

In experiential psychotherapy three modes of experiencing are managed in parallel—experiencing in the domain of explicit knowing, experiencing in implicit knowing, and experiencing in the zone of emergent formation where the other two meet. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2012.66.4.391