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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 54, Issue 4

October 2000

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October 2000

Psychotherapy in the Twenty-first Century

Paul L. Wachtel, Ph.D.

Pages:441–450
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.441

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October 2000

Thoughts about “On the Millennium”

Peter E. Sifneos, M.D.

Page:451
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.451

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October 2000

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Religious Experience

Otto F. Kernberg, M.D.

Pages:452–476
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.452

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This paper carries out an analysis of the nature of mature religiosity on the basis of psychoanalytic findings and concepts, rather than attempting a philosophical and theological approach to religion. It highlights a striking correspondence between the ...

October 2000

Making a Future

Leston Havens, M.D.

Pages:477–481
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.477

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October 2000

Introduction: Psychotherapy with Terminally Ill Patients

Joseph Richman, Ph.D.

Pages:482–485
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.482

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October 2000

Cancer and the Experience of Meaning

Mindy Greenstein, Ph.D.,
William Breitbart, M.D.

Pages:486–500
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.486

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Cancer illness affects people in many ways, physical, financial, and existential. In this paper, we describe a proposed group intervention for individuals with advanced disease who want help finding a sense of meaning at this critical juncture in their ...

October 2000

The House That’s on Fire

Mindy Greenstein, Ph.D.

Pages:501–511
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.501

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People with advanced cancer face an existential crisis in addition to their physical suffering. The principles of a new group therapy intervention (MCGP) were introduced in another paper in this issue. This paper is a report of some of the themes and ...

October 2000

The Whisper of Death

Thomas A. Caffrey, Ph.D.

Pages:519–530
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.519

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Psychotherapy with a dying Vietnam veteran is described. In spite of a severe heart condition and HIV-positive diagnosis, the outspoken and provocative patient reverts to heroin and cocaine use early in the treatment. This causes a heart attack and ...

October 2000

Zazen and Psychotherapeutic Presence

Roger F. Thomson, Ph.D.

Pages:531–548
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https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.531

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Zen meditation, or zazen, has attracted the interest of many psychotherapists. The teachings and practices of the Soto Zen tradition are understood as encouraging important areas of both psychological and spiritual development. Zen, like the relational ...

October 2000

Clouds and Silver Linings

Lisa C. Rouff, Ph.D.

Pages:549–559
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.549

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This paper discusses the experiences of today’s psychodynamically oriented mental health trainees. Recent changes in the training environment, such as the increase in managed care, rise in use of psychotropic medication, the waning popularity of ...

October 2000

Healing Madness and Despair through Meeting

Carl Goldberg, Ph.D.

Pages:560–573
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.560

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An existential perspective on human suffering suggests that the psychoanalytic view of the unconscious poses a difficult dilemma in regard to self-examination: On the one hand, not to pursue introspection may leave one as a person driven by untoward ...

October 2000

Psychotherapy with Substance Abusers

Merrill Herman, M.D.

Pages:574–579
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.574

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October 2000

An Unfortunate Family

Michael St. Clair, Ph.D.

Pages:512–518
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2000.54.4.512

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This article emphasizes the value of a therapeutic presence in terminal death situations. An unusual clinical case illustrates the point. The presenting issue was aggression between an adult son and father. It soon became apparent, however, that this son ...

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