Themes In Psychotherapy Research Articles

Power Dynamics in the Clinical Situation: A Confluence of Perspectives

Power issues in psychotherapy are often addressed from the perspective of intersectional and societal power, enacted or embodied in the therapy relationship. Following the thinking of Young-Bruehl, who argued for acknowledging the heterogeneity of oppression, this article posits a heterogeneity of power themes in psychotherapy. Four areas of power are highlighted: Professional power, transferential power, socio-political power, and bureaucratic power. All these kinds of power are explored through the case of “Sonja,” with the overall aim of illuminating power issues in psychotherapy and illustrating how they may operate simultaneously and synergistically.

Best professional practices when approaching religiosity/spirituality in psychotherapy in Brazil

AbstractThe religiosity/spirituality (R/S) dimension is recognised as an important component of the concept of health advocated by the World Health Organization; however, it does not appear in the undergraduate Psychology curricula in the Brazilian context, revealing a gap in the way this theme has been covered. In order to identify the professional reality of Brazilian psychotherapists in relation to this theme, this study aimed to identify what constitutes the best professional practices when approaching R/S in psychotherapy. We interviewed 24 psychotherapists of both sexes, with a mean age of 36.43, from two medium‐sized cities of two Brazilian states. According to the interviewees, the best practices considered when addressing R/S, that is, the most appropriate actions/attitudes, are as follows: (a) Respect; (b) Knowing how to separate what is from the psychotherapist and from the patient/client; (c) Recognising the theme as an integrative dimension of the human being; (d) Knowing how to listen; (e) Questioning the role of R/S in the life of the patients/clients; (f) Knowledge about the subject matter; and (g) Not imposing knowledge, practices or doctrine. These practices were revealed as the skills, competencies and knowledge needed to deal with the subject and highlight important references to think about the theme in psychotherapy, guiding the formation of new professionals and updating practising psychotherapists.

Freedom as theme in psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy

BackgroundThe problems that a client presents with to therapy may be associated with his possibility of free choice.MethodReview of psychotherapeutic and cognitive behavioral literature.ResultsFrom a psychological perspective, freedom may be either inner or outer, depending on the nature of obstacles and barriers that limit freedom. Therapy may be understood as a process through which the client is guided to actively increase his freedom. This refers to freedom from destructive habits, self-limiting attitudes, compulsive actions, symptoms etc. When creating the relationship, neither the client nor the therapist is entirely free as they bring past conscious and unconscious experiences into it. From the point of view of CBT, freedom is always relative. The idea of absolute freedom results from cognitive distortions – black and white thinking. CBT does not consider overall freedom but relatively free decision-making in particular situations that the client is in. The therapist helps the client to identify his errors in thinking and to learn a more realistic way to formulate his experiences and to use the new attitude to decide more freely. The change in attitude is realized through rehearsing freer behavior and experiments with it in one's life.ConclusionFreedom may be either inner or outer, depending on the nature of obstacles and barriers that limit freedom. Therapy may be understood as a process through which the client is guided to actively increase his freedom.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

An Existential Gaze at Multiracial Self-Concept: Implications for Psychotherapy

Multiracial self-concept is conceptualized using an existential framework. First, the authors offer an analysis of how existential concerns are revealed within the multiracial experience, employing the theoretical constructs of terror management and social identity theories. Expanding on this foundation, they apply Heideggerian notions of human existence and self to multiracialness. And finally, using the aforementioned analysis as a backdrop, the authors discuss the emergence of existential themes in psychotherapy with multiracial individuals.

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The Prenatal Theme in Psychotherapy – By Philippe Ployé

British Journal of PsychotherapyVolume 24, Issue 2 p. 221-229 The Prenatal Theme in Psychotherapy – By Philippe Ployé Margaret Cohen, Margaret Cohen [magfcoh@blueyonder.co.uk]Search for more papers by this author Margaret Cohen, Margaret Cohen [magfcoh@blueyonder.co.uk]Search for more papers by this author First published: 16 April 2008 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0118.2008.00078.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume24, Issue2May 2008Pages 221-229 RelatedInformation

Mentalization-based treatment of BPD.

Psychoanalytically oriented partial hospital treatment for BPD has been shown to be more effective than treatment as usual in a randomized controlled trial and over 18 months of follow-up. Focus of treatment, in the context of group and individual psychotherapy, was on increasing the patient's capacity for mentalization, the capacity to think about mental states of oneself and others as separate from, yet potentially causing actions. We summarize the research and outline the essential theoretical and practical components of mentalization-based treatment. Core aspects of treatment include enhancing mentalization, bearing in mind patient deficits, using transference, retaining mental closeness, and working with current mental states. Finally, it is proposed that mentalization is a common theme in psychotherapy of BPD and may explain why different treatments "work."

The shadow of the transcendent

A survey of spirituality as it is discussed in the training literature for psychotherapy reveals that spirituality is defined in a variety of ways which do not always complement each other. Spiritual themes in psychotherapy do not always present in spiritual language but instead may present in the language of values. As in the case of values, so spiritualities may be either constructive or destructive, though their evaluation must be contextually and culturally determined. The author describes the training programme in counselling and psychotherapy which he directs, and finishes with the claim that psychotherapists need to understand that they are as much charged with clients' souls as with their psyches. "Where there is no guidance a people fall;but in an abundance of counsellors there is safety." (Proverbs 11: 14)

Psychotherapy with HIV-positive gay men: a psychodynamic perspective.

This paper examines psychotherapy with HIV-positive gay men from a psychodynamic perspective. Adjustment to being HIV-positive is conceptualized as an ongoing process of confrontation with loss and uncertainty. Interventions offered to HIV-positive gay men range from counseling, indicated in response to an "uncomplicated" adjustment process; to dynamically oriented psychotherapy, indicated when the functioning of the self has been thrown off balance by HIV illness. The client's process of accepting his HIV illness is shaped and colored by the degree to, and manner in, which he has accepted being gay and integrated this into his identity. Sexuality is a core theme in psychotherapy with this population. It often plays a prominent role in the past unresolved conflicts (feelings about having become HIV-infected) as well as present concerns (feelings about living with HIV illness) which the client has come to therapy to address. The process of addressing the meanings being HIV-positive holds for the client in therapy can promote acceptance of the illness and cohesiveness of the self. Cultural and subcultural differences in how life stress is experienced must also be taken into account by the therapist in order to fully appreciate the client's concerns.

Clinicians can agree in assessing relationship patterns in psychotherapy. The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method.

This study examines interjudge agreement on formulations of dynamic themes in psychotherapy, using a session-based method, namely, the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme. Agreement was assessed by two methods: one was based on themes that were tailor-made for each case, while the other was based on coding themes into a standard set of categories. To assess agreement on the tailor-made formulations, a paired-comparisons procedure was used. For a sample of 35 patients, the similarity ratings for matched cases were significantly higher than for purposely mismatched cases. Using the standard set of categories, agreement was also good; weighted kappa values ranged from .61 to .70. The results also demonstrate reliability for the location of the relationship episodes, which form the database for the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme. Our positive results suggest that this guided clinical method can be used reliably as a measure of relationship patterns in psychotherapy; our results provide the first moderate-sized sample demonstration of clinicians' agreement in formulating this complex concept.

Themes in Psychotherapy With Women in Male-Dominated Professions

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Converging Themes in Psychotherapy: Trends in Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behavioral Practice. Edited by Marvin R. Goldfried. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1982. 404 pp. $26.95 and The Behavior Therapies: Theories and Applications.. By Arthur Schwartz. New York: Free Press, 1982. 326 pp. $17.95

Journal Article Converging Themes in Psychotherapy: Trends in Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behavioral Practice. Edited by Marvin R. Goldfried. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1982. 404 pp. $26.95 and The Behavior Therapies: Theories and Applications.. By Arthur Schwartz. New York: Free Press, 1982. 326 pp. $17.95 Get access Converging Themes in Psychotherapy: Trends in Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behavioral Practice. Edited by Goldfried Marvin R.. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 1982. 404 pp. $26.95. The Behavior Therapies: Theories and Applications. By Schwartz Arthur. New York: Free Press, 1982. 326 pp. $17.95. Eileen Gambrill Eileen Gambrill School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 28, Issue 6, November-December 1983, Page 485, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/28.6.485 Published: 01 November 1983

Converging Themes in Psychotherapy: Trends in Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behavioral Practice

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The role of humor and folklore themes in psychotherapy.

In the alternation of deconstitution and constitution that is fundamental to human life, humor has a useful role, mainly as a deconstituting force, whereas folklore emphasizes the revitalization of existence. Yet humor can be harmful in situations where there is a lack of mutual respect, and it can be growth-retarding if it becomes a substitute for needed change. The effectiveness of humor and folklore themes is proportional to the genuineness of the interpersonal relationship. In folklore, humor reinforces the injunction to seek wider worlds beyond the one that has become monotonous and stifling. Humor and folklore themes can, therefore, prove helpful when used judiciously in psychotherapy.

Loss: a central theme in psychotherapy.

As an essential aim of psychotherapy is to change in order to develop and grow the patient has to give up some mal-adaptive patterns of behaviour and out-of-date values and belief systems. The inevitable losses involved in this process are discussed in detail. The losses the patient has to face when entering therapy are considered first, followed by consideration of the losses he encounters when during therapy he has to change his attitudes towards himself and others, including the giving up of infanitle wishes and illusions and of value systems originally imposed upon him from outside sources. The losses and disappointments he experiences in the therapeutic relationship itself are discussed, and attention is focused on the way in which what is at first experienced as a loss can become the starting point of new developments and lead to a more positive acceptance of his psychic and physical functioning. To achieve these aims the therapist himself needs to learn to adopt a similar, positive attitude towards the losses and limitations involved in his own life experience and therapeutic work.

Mythologic and fairy tale themes in psychotherapy.

Mythologic and fairy tale themes in psychotherapy.