Recently added articles from American Journal of Psychotherapy:

Mental Activity and Referential Activity of Beginning Therapists: A Construct Validity Study of the Countertransference Rating System (CRS)

Oct 01, 2007; Dubé, J Éric; Normandin, Lina ... This study investigates the construct validity of a revised version of the Countertransference Rating System (CRS) by means of convergence with Referential Activity (RA). The CRS operationalizes three mental activity dimensions (rational-objective, reactive, and reflective) as processes of ...

Psychotherapists' Countertransference Reactions Toward Clients with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia: An Empirical Test of Theory

Oct 01, 2007; Schwartz, Robert C; Smith, Shannon D; Chopko, Brian ... Contemporary theoretical and clinical literature asserts that countertransference reactions are common and may be specific to clients' presenting concerns and interpersonal styles. Although this phenomenon has broad implications for psychotherapy training and practice, little empirical research ...

How Not To Learn Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Oct 01, 2007; Trinidad, Antolin C ... Would-be learners of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may be hampered by learning traps that impede effective acquisition of the skills necessary to provide this type of therapy to clients. Among these pitfalls are the possibility of isolation, therapeutic fanaticism, lack of seriousness, ...

A Case Study of Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorder

Oct 01, 2007; Gonzalez, Jodi M; Prihoda, Thomas J ... Background: This study examines the effectiveness of long-term outpatient psychodynamic group psychotherapy for individuals with bipolar disorder who may have psychiatric comorbidity. Method: The Integrative Outpatient Model (IOM) includes psychoeducation regarding illness, illness management, ...

Psychotherapy of the Lived Space: A Phenomenological and Ecological Concept

Oct 01, 2007; Fuchs, Thomas ... Using phenomenological and ecological psychology as a base, the author develops the concept of lived space as the totality of an individual's spatial and social relationships, including his "horizon of possibilities''. The lived space may also be regarded as the individual's ecological niche, ...

Limit Setting and Projective Identification in Work with a Provocative Child and His Parents: A Revisiting of Winnicott's "Hate in the Countertransference"

Oct 01, 2007; Henry, Charles A ... Dealing with children who have disruptive behavior disorders can evoke feelings of frustration and anger in their therapists. D.W. Winnicott discussed the complexities in the treatment of enraging patients in his article "Hate in the Countertransference" (1949). In the following paper, I will ...

Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family

Oct 01, 2007; Amada, Gerald ... SOPHIE FREUD: Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family. Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 2007, 446 pp., $34.95, ISBN-10: 0-275-99415-5 The recognized author of this book is Sophie Freud, granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, and internationally known Professor Emeritus of Social Work at ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents

Oct 01, 2007; Phillips, Gary ... ALEC L. MILLER, JILL H. RATHUS AND MARSHA LINEHAN: Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. The Guilford Press, New York, 2007, 346 pages, $40.00, ISBN: 978-1-59385-383-9 This is an excellent book for all clinicians who work with suicidal adolescents. Beginning with an ...

Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters: The Power of Romantic Passion

Oct 01, 2007; Jerry, Paul ... ETHEL SPECTOR PERSON: Dreams of Love and Fateful Encounters: The Power of Romantic Passion. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2007, 379 pp., $29.95. ISBN 158562-240-0. Dr. Person is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia ...

Family Psychology III: Theory Building, Theory Testing, and Psychological Interventions

Oct 01, 2007; Borduin, Charles M; Ronis, Scott T ... LUCIANO L'ABATE: Family Psychology III: Theory Building, Theory Testing, and Psychological Interventions. University Press of America, Dallas, TX, 2003, 374 pp., $56.00 ISBN 0-7618-2302-6. Over the past two decades, family psychologists have contributed greatly to our understanding of ...