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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 51, Issue 4

October 1997

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October 1997

In Memoriam: Kurt Alfred Adler, M.D. (1905–1997)

Page:463
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.463

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October 1997

Healing the Incest Wound: A Treatment Update with Attention to Recovered-Memory Issues

Christine A. Courtois, Ph.D.

Pages:464–496
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.464

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This article provides an updated treatment model for adults who report having experienced incestuous abuse in childhood. It integrates psychodynamic, traumatic stress, developmental and feminist formulations, accords greater emphasis to object relations ...

October 1997

Guidelines for the Treatment of Adults Abused or Possibly Abused as Children (with Attention to Issues of Delayed/Recovered Memory)

Christine A. Courtois, Ph.D.

Pages:497–510
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.497

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These guidelines provide practicing clinicians with information regarding psychotherapy with adults who (1) disclose an abuse history (physical, sexual, emotional) at the beginning of therapy; (2) do not disclose abuse despite having knowledge and ...

October 1997

Transcendence and Imminence in Psychotherapy

Richard H. Cox, Ph.D., M.D., D. Min.

Pages:511–521
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.511

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The traditional dilemma of the compatibility of religion and psychotherapy is discussed within the context of maturing beyond the language and behavior of the imminent, i.e., the here-and-now. Transcendence is presented as a model for therapist and ...

October 1997

Value-Sensitive Therapy: Learning from Ultra-Orthodox Patients

Samuel C. Heilman, Ph.D.,
Eliezer Witztum, M.D.

Pages:522–541
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.522

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This paper explores the issues that arise when psychotherapists and patients do not share a common value system. Using three case studies of ultra-Orthodox Jewish patients who hold religious values and beliefs, the paper illustrataes and defines a ...

October 1997

An Object-Relational Interpretation of Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice”

Carrie Zlotnick-Woldenberg, M.A.

Pages:542–551
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.542

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The protagonist of Thomas Mann’s novella “Death in Venice” is examined in terms of object-relational theory. Splitting, his primary defense mechanism, which is employed both intrapsychically and interpersonally, is discussed at length, as is his ...

October 1997

Masochism Revisited: Reflections on Masochism and Its Childhood Antecedents

Natalie Shainess, M.D.

Pages:552–568
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.552

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Masochism, originally described as sexual perversion by Sacher von Masoch, was elaborated by Freud to include personality pathology, and further developed by Bieber and others. The DSM-III included sexual perversion and personality pathology as separate ...

October 1997

Psychotherapy: Some Guiding Principles

Walter M. Haas, M.S.W., B.C.D.

Pages:593–606
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.593

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A veteran therapist reflects on his first 50 years of practice and underlines some important principles that can contribute to successful therapeutic outcomes: (1) Know Yourself; (2) Know Your Freud; (3) Protect Privacy and Your Principles; (4) Develop ...

October 1997

From the Literature

Evan Imber-Black, Ph.D.

Pages:607–610
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.607

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October 1997

Short-Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Obsessive Preadolescents

Charalambos S. Ierodiakonou, M.D.,
Ioanna Ierodiakonou-Benou, M.D.

Pages:569–579
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.569

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The phenomenological and psychodynamic differences between obsessive preadolescents and obsessive adults are pointed out. Case material shows how an effective therapeutic alliance on psychoanalytic lines can be established quite early with preadolescents. ...

October 1997

Working through the Experience of Time in Time-Limited Therapy

Ilana Laor, M.A.,
Michel Granek, M.D.

Pages:580–592
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1997.51.4.580

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The experience of time is a component in the psychic reality that can be understood from four standpoints: the cognitive, the dynamic, the existentialaffective, and the life-span linked. This article presents a time-limited therapy in which the stress was ...

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