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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 60, Issue 2

April 2006

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April 2006

Psychological Trauma and Fixed Ideas in Pierre Janet’s Conception of Dissociative Disorders

Gerhard Heim, Dr. rer. soc., Dipl.-Psych.,
Karl-Ernst Bühler, Prof. Dr. med., Dipl.-Psych.

Pages:111–129
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.111

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This article describes Janet’s concept of psychological trauma and the formation of rigid thought complexes (fixed ideas). This concept forms the basis for Janet’s functional nosology of the neuroses, and is related to his dynamic psychology of conduct or ...

April 2006

The Pleasure of Dissent: A Critical Theory of Psychotherapy as an Emancipatory Practice

James H. Sorrell, M.D.

Pages:131–145
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.131

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The intent of this paper is to examine the inherent contradictions in the practice of psychotherapy that, if left unexamined, ruin the emancipatory prospects that it holds. Critical theory and, more specifically, Jurgen Habermas’ theory of communicative ...

April 2006

Brief Psychotherapy: A Brief Review

Christopher L. Cameron, M.A.

Pages:147–152
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.147

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During the last several decades, brief psychotherapeutic approaches to mental health treatment have become increasingly prevalent. This paper describes brief psychotherapy and provides a brief review of the relevant empirical literature. Therapists who ...

April 2006

The Therapeutic Consultation: Finding the Patient

Milton Viederman, M.D.

Pages:153–159
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.153

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The psychiatric consultation has not been adequately exploited as a therapeutic device. Although, the original abstinent model for psychodynamic psychotherapy has become more flexible, passive listening with interventions to elicit diagnostic “data” ...

April 2006

Logotherapy as an Adjunctive Treatment for Chronic Combat-related PTSD: A Meaning-based Intervention

Steven M. Southwick, M.D.,
Robin Gilmartin, L.C.S.W.,
Patrick McDonough, L.C.S.W.,
Paul Morrissey, M.D., MAJ.

Pages:161–174
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.161

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Combat-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is often highly debilitating and affects nearly all areas of psychosocial functioning. Veterans with PTSD re-experience their traumas in the form of haunting intrusive memories, nightmares and ...

April 2006

A Pilot Study of Psychiatry Resident Psychotherapy Competency: The Impact of Resident Attitude and Demographics

Kim A. Coon, Ed.D.,
William R. Yates, M.D.,
Bryan K. Touchet, M.D.,
Brian Lund, Pharm.D.

Pages:175–185
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.175

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Objective: In psychiatry education, psychotherapy knowledge, skills, and attitudes are new competency objectives. Methods: Two faculty members independently ranked psychiatry residents for psychotherapy competency. A rank of 1 indicated the most ...

April 2006

Pity, Suffering, and Psychotherapy

Jesse D. Geller, Ph.D.

Pages:187–205
Published Online:30 April 2018

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.2.187

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Every day psychotherapists are called upon to assuage and give meaning to human suffering. This report examines the ways in which therapists and patients’ attitudes towards giving and receiving “pity” can advance or interfere with the realization of these ...

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April 2006

Disordered Personalities (Third Edition)