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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 58, Issue 3

July 2004

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July 2004

Group Psychotherapy and Related Helping Groups Today: An Overview

Saul Scheidlinger, Ph.D.

Pages:265–280
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.265

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Following an historical summary of the broader group helping field, the article differentiates among clinical group psychotherapy, “therapeutic” groups, human relations and training groups, as well as mutual-help and self-help groups. Twelve major ...

July 2004

Group Psychotherapy with Obese Disordered-Eating Adults with Body-Image Disturbances: An Integrated Model

Fran Weiss, M.S.W.

Pages:281–303
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.281

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Body-image disturbances and body-image misperceptions are common phenomena in the adult obese or disordered eating population, but they have received scant notice in group psychotherapy literature. This paper integrates an important missing conceptual ...

July 2004

A Psychodynamic Clinician’s Foray into Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Utilizing Exposure-Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Anthony Bram, Ph.D.,
Thröstur Björgvinsson, Ph.D.

Pages:304–320
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.304

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Research suggests that, by itself or as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) involving exposure with response prevention (ERP) is an effective treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However, there is a shortage of ...

July 2004

Support and Psychotherapy

Vanna Berlincioni, M.D., Ph.D.,
Silvia Barbieri, M.D.

Pages:321–334
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.321

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In recent years the psychiatric and psychoanalytical literature has expressed increasing interest in supportive therapy, which has long been considered rather disparagingly as a “lesser form” of psychotherapy. At the same time there has been much ...

July 2004

Thematic Stages of Recovery in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Robert J. Gregory, M.D.

Pages:335–348
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.335

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Borderline personality disorder is characterized by stereotypical, repetitive, and maladaptive interpersonal interactions. Considerable controversy exists regarding preferred treatment and prognosis. Patient-therapist interactions often result in ...

July 2004

Is There an Optimal Adjustment of Interpretation to the Patients’ Level of Defensive Functioning?

Anne Grete Hersoug, Ph.D.,
Per Høglend, M.D., Ph.D.,
Kjell-Petter Bøgwald, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:349–361
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2004.58.3.349

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In this process-outcome study, we explored whether the therapists’ Adjustment Ratio of interpretation would be predictive of the development of working alliance in brief dynamic psychotherapy (N = 39, max 40 sessions). Therapist interventions were rated ...

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July 2004

Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment