A sample of 78 women meeting the DSM-III criteria for bulimia completed the MMPI. Heterogeneity in the sample was noted with a variety of code-types present, including 2-8, 2-4, 4-3, 4-6, 4-9, 3-6, 4-8, and 6-9. These code-types are differentially related to such variables as relational status, history of suicide attempts, and alcohol abuse. In addition, these code-types suggest differential treatment approaches, which are outlined in the paper.
Psychotherapeute: profession impossible, en tout cas profession a risques, d'autant plus que la vulnerabilite du praticien est la condition souvent necessaire d'une approche therapeutique operante. A travers de prestigieux exemples (Jung, Freud, Marie Bonaparte) l'auteur retrace le «voyage sans fond» du therapeute a travers lui-meme en tant qu'instrument de la guerison des souffrances du patient
Current trends in psychotherapy point toward shortterm treatments with which providers may be uncomfortable and feel are not optimal. Expectations of clients and third-party payers are also changing. Presented here is a framework for an expanded assessment approach which can enable providers to make better-informed choices regarding type of treatment and resources to support its successful completion. Needs of providers to balance their caseloads and work within their areas of interest are also considered. Making explicit all factors involved in assessment and treatment planning is emphasized
For those responsible for the professional education of psychologists the issue is not, as is frequently argued, longer-term versus shorter-term treatment. Rather, the critical issue is one of appropriateness of treatment. This paper examines five injunctions frequently present in arguments concerning the relative merits of longer- and shorter-term treatment strategies. The author attempts to develop implications of the arguments for the training of professional psychologists.
Most information we now have about counseling psychology focuses on the doctoral-level psychologist. However, a number of master's-level counseling psychologists also practice, and many of them function as private practitioners. Unfortunately, we know little about master's-level counseling psychologists, particularly those who work in the private practice setting. We conducted a survey to better understand the characteristics of the master's-level counseling psychologist in private practice. Information was gathered about such variables as practice activities, graduate and career satisfaction, and professional self-views. To compare private versus public sector practitioners, the master's-level private practitioners were compared against a group of master's-level counseling psychologists working in institutionally-based counseling facilities (e.g., mental health centers, student counseling centers). Discussion is provided about the characteristics of the master's-level counseling psychologist in contempor...
Part One: Emotional Freedom versus Emotional Control describes Bio Psychotherapy as an integration of intensely emotional methods with techniques of many therapies, also involving a few endogenous techniques. Intense emotions are elicited in a setting where they meet with validating responses (EEVR). Clinicians can adopt similar procedures to intensify and/or complement their own approaches. Indications and counterindications are given for the use of intensely emotional methods. Part Two: Anthony Goes Public is a case treatment integrating psychodynamic, intensely emotional, Gestalt, cognitive, and behavioral therapeutic components. The role of transference is discussed.
Recently the collaborative work of neurologists and neuropsychologists has contributed to a more comprehensive methodologyfor diagnosis, prescription and remediation of neurological deficits in patients than was formerly the case when these analysts worked independently of each other. Clinical examinations, for instance, are considered inadequate by some researchers in predicting the cognitive status of some patients. Thus, efforts of neurological and neuropsychological analysis that were interdisciplinary in scope were deemed to be more valid and thorough than those carried out in isolation. This presentation consists of a review of the literature during the past ten years to determine the types of neuropsychological tests administered to patients with Multiple Sclerosis, unmindful of the different stages of information as well as non-impaired and controls. Preliminary findings reveal that certain neuropsychological tests are part of the battery administered to patients with the above neurological defici...
Psychologists are becoming involved in an increasing number of disputed custody matters. The difficulties of evaluating disputed custodies and then appearing effectively as an expert witness are described. The specific difficulties of attempting to evaluate parental violence concerns in disputed custody matters are conceptually addressed. Recommended guidelines are outlined.
This article discusses factors which are generally under the control of the psychological profession and which are seen to have had an affect on the third party industry's growing reluctance to support longer-tern outpatient mental health care. Factors relate to the lack of a research base to support the efficacy of longer-term care, to the profession's a parent inability or unwillingness to discriminate among those who need longer-term care and those for whom shorter-term treatment might be appropriate, and to the positive correlation between service availability and service utilization.
According to Levinson, the late thirties represent a period of "coming into one's own" which is followed by a phase of crisis and transition. For several reasons this crisis is often exacerbated for the psychologist working in an institution. The different paths taken by psychologists to resolve their turmoil lead to a variety of outcomes, of which establishing a private practice is just one. The success of this transition depends on the presence or absence of personality traits necessary in the practitioner.
Psychotherapists' therapy-seeking behavior following the completion of graduate training was investigated using a randomized sample of 232 subjects who were surveyed regarding their use of personal therapy since completion of graduate training. The results Indicate that a significantly higher percentage of psychotherapists enter personal therapy following completion of their graduate training than do not. The difference between these groups was found to be significant t the 0.05 level. Further examination of the data led to the conclusion that most psychotherapists utilize the resource ' of personal therapy as a result of personal awareness of their own internal processes, and an active decision in response to a personal evaluation in which they desire therapy, rather than in response to external factors or particular precipitating vents.
This paper presents the technique of the therapeutic vacation and describes how it can be used in the treatment of leisure dysfunctions. In addition, the role of therapeutic vacations in the treatment of affective and anxiety disorders is discussed. A case study is included.
Neuropsychological abnormalities associated with the acquired immun deficiency syndrom (AIDS) have received increased attanetion. The constellation of abnormalities, called AIDS Dementia Complex, effects more patients with AIDS. Psychology is challenged to assist in the diagnosis of AIDS Dementia Complex as well as provide a means of monitoring the neuropsychological progression of the disease. In this article, a quick 1-hour neuropyshcological battery is described that could be used for screening and monitoring AIDS patients. This battery is based on current research on neuropsychological testing and AIDS patients, a case history, and the current view that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) effects subcortical functioning in the brain.
This article reviews the consequences of physical and sexual abuse among survivors. Standard cognitive behaworal therapy approaches are discussed including activity scheduling, automatic thoughts log and personal schema elucidation. A discussion of modifications of the standard cognitive-behavioral therapy is described and then illustrated by a case presentation. Generation of affect, aiding recall of memory, and elucidating and challenging of underlying negative schemas provide the basis for lasting, positive change in survivors of abuse.
The Brain Age Quotient (BAQ) is an actuarial combination of four Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Test Battery scores. This study investigated the relationship between the BAQ (short and long forms) and the Halstead Impairment Index (HII), the actuarial combination of seven Halstead-Reitan battery scores. Statistical analysis yielded a Pearson r = 38, p < .O1 for the BAQ short-form versus the HII and a Pearson r = .75, p < .O1 between the BAQ long-form and the HII. Clinical implications as well as further research considerations are discussed.
Tells how the author has had some good and bad experiences with the media for more than four decades. The bad experiences mainly stemmed from his becoming a well-known sexologist and consequently being subjected to book, magazine, advertising, radio and TV censorship. HIS nonsexual as well as his sexual presentations were restricted; and bowdlerization and usurpation of freedom were imposed by professional as well as mass media.
