American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 71
- Number 2
- October 2018
Publisher’s Note
Articles
Publication date: 17 July 2018
Pages51–54Psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists are faced with the question of what to say to new patients about the therapy they are beginning. This article reviews historical attitudes about early treatment discussions with patients in psychoanalysis with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180010Publication date: 27 July 2018
Pages55–64First responders are psychosocially burdened with work-related stressors that occur frequently during required duties. Related mental health difficulties, such as direct and vicarious trauma, depression, and interpersonal problems often affect first ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180015Publication date: 27 July 2018
Pages65–69In response to an emerging consensus that research is important to maintain and develop the field of child and adolescent psychoanalysis, 20 child and adolescent psychoanalysts underwent a semistructured interview concerning their current practices, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180013Publication date: 17 July 2018
Pages70–73This article focuses on the unconscious repetition of a patient’s dynamics among a multidisciplinary inpatient treatment team. The patient was diagnosed as having bipolar affective illness and borderline personality traits. The prominent borderline traits ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180012Publication date: 27 July 2018
Pages74–86The First Experimental Study of Transference Interpretation (FEST), conducted in Norway, is a dismantling, randomized clinical trial of the long-term effects of transference interpretation (TI). This article examines two case studies of women with poor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180014