Recently added articles from American Journal of Psychotherapy:
Out-of-Illness Experience: Hypnotically Induced Dissociation as a Therapeutic Resource in Treating People with Obstinate Mental Disorders
Apr 01, 2009; ... Psychological dissociation is commonly perceived by mental health professionals as the pathological splitting of consciences or as an impairment in adaptive integration. In hypnotherapy dissociation is considered one of the most significant features of hypnosis, constituting a major therapeutic ...
Dare to be Human: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Journey
Apr 01, 2009; ... MICHAEL SHOSHANI ROSENBAUM: Dare to be Human: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Journey. Routledge, New York, 2009, 215 pp., $34.95, ISBN 978-0-415-99798-0. This unusual book offers a detailed presentation of what appears to be recorded excerpts from a seven-and-a-half year treatment ...
Providing Therapy Can Be Therapeutic for a Therapist
Apr 01, 2009; ... In this paper, the case is made that providing therapy to a client can be therapeutic for the therapist. Therapist change is not intentionally sought nor professionally delivered, but is from those client interactions experienced as healing. The possible mechanisms of change for the therapist ...
Elvin V. Semrad (1909-1976): Experiencing the Heart and Core of Psychotherapy Training
Apr 01, 2009; ... Elvin Semrad was among the most influential and beloved teachers of psychotherapy in his generation. His legacy as a clinician, teacher, and mentor is still felt today, even among those who never knew him directly. What and how he taught remains as relevant as ever in the psychotherapeutic care ...
"I am not Complaining"-Ambivalence Construct in Schizoid Personality Disorder
Apr 01, 2009; ... Patients with schizoid personality disorders (SPD) often challenge clinicians because of their seemingly detached and restricted affective behaviour, which may be interpreted as lack of motivation for treatment and lifestyle changes. However, Bleuler indicated the intrapsychic dynamics of ...