American Journal of Psychotherapy

Publication date: 01 July 2015

Borderline personality disorder is a prevalent psychopathology; thus, most graduate students in psychology, residents in psychiatry, and early career clinicians will encounter patients with this disorder in the course of their training or initial ...

Publication date: 01 July 2015

Whilst there is good evidence to show intensive individual therapy can be effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), this treatment can be challenging to deliver for therapists in the National Health Service (NHS). We report on a novel means of ...

Publication date: 01 July 2015

An important goal of adolescent development is emotional separation from the family of origin. Differing views on how to accomplish this task exist, and these are reflected in the choice of treatment modality. It has been common practice in the treatment ...

Publication date: 01 July 2015

Important change in competent practice in psychological therapy is increasingly being influenced by evidence-based practice. This paper explores major issues related to the evidence-based literature with regard to specific techniques and common factors. ...

Publication date: 01 July 2015

Maladaptive perfectionism is a common factor in many disorders and is correlated with some personality dysfunctions. Less clear is how dimensions, such as concern over mistakes, doubts about actions, and parental criticism, are linked to overall ...

Publication date: 01 July 2015

Success in psychotherapy is correlated with the “fit” between patient and therapist, a factor related to attachment. For psychotherapists of any orientation, empathy and building the bond of attachment is our stock-in-trade. When empathy builds the bond ...