Examines two poems written by a patient undergoing psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Shows how the spontaneous and unsolicited creative writing of poems accurately monitored and expressed emotional growth within a transference relationship that was then able to be utilized in real life situations. (RS)

Examines how the author's work in nursing has helped reveal, through poetry, her own "key images" (images that unconsciously bring life, energy, and universality to a poet's work). Suggests ways writers might encourage intense personal imagery to enter their own poems or the poems of their students. (SR)

Argues that biographical films and videos of American composers may be used for the psychotherapeutic inducement of joy, when their music was positively linked with significant people and events in the patient's past. Illustrates this using "Deep in My Heart," a 1954 film based on the life of composer Sigmund Romberg. Discusses Romberg's other…

Discusses the use of stories as metaphor in therapy. Outlines the themes of the story of "Dracula," presenting five primary and three subthemes of the story which characterize parasitic relationships. Offers a case study illustrating these themes and demonstrating the therapeutic value of this metaphor. (SR)

Describes meta-analysis, including criticisms; reviews its use in resolving disagreements regarding the results of research in psychotherapy, school funding, and medicine. (Contains 43 references.) (PKP)

Allowed undergraduate students (N=70) to interact for 44 minutes with ELIZA, a computer simulation of psychotherapy, and compared their responses during the first and second halves of the session. Results showed a significant increase in responses in roughly half of the categories. (LLL)

Discusses briefly four recent anthologies of poetry by members of ethnic and racial groups traditionally underrepresented in the poetic canon. Concludes that much contemporary multicultural North American poetry can be of value to poetry therapists, who should familiarize themselves with it. (SR)

The upward or downward social class mobility of a family member can result in tensions between the individual and the rest of the family. Explores the issue of class, identifies common situations in which class tensions occur within families, and discusses clinical implications. (JPS)

Reacts to responses concerning a previous article in this issue, "Against Scientism in Psychological Counselling and Therapy." Reasserts that there are important, undeniable limitations to the application of physical science methodologies and epistemologies to the study of humans and their experiences. (JPS)

Examines the effectiveness of group interpersonal therapy (IPT) in treating overweight, binge-eating patients. Participants were randomly allocated to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or to an assessment-only group. After 12 weeks, those who did not respond to CBT were assigned 12 weeks of IPT. IPT led to no further improvement. (JPS)

Randomly sampled U.S. doctoral-level psychotherapists and British psychologists were surveyed regarding clients' memories of childhood sexual abuse. The samples were similar on a wide variety of measures. Across samples, 25% reported a constellation of beliefs and practices suggestive of a focus on memory recovery, and psychologists reported…

Comorbid diagnoses were examined in 55 principal generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) clients, and the effects of treatment for the anxiety disorder on the other conditions were examined. Although high rates of comorbidity were present at pretherapy, the presence of comorbid conditions declined dramatically after treatment in those for whom the GAD…

Provides a framework for cooperative therapeutic work with adolescents by drawing on the ideas of solution-oriented therapy and the narrative approaches to counseling. By hearing and understanding the stories adolescents tell about their lives, therapists can recognize and tap into the strengths and resources of their patients. (JPS)

Presents comprehensive picture of supervision for beginning and advanced graduate students of counseling and psychotherapy. Argues that supervision should encourage continuous reflection at all levels of expertise. Examines impact of performance anxiety and advantages and disadvantages of modeling for beginning students. For advanced students,…

Examined effects of preparer (leader versus other personnel) and modality (group versus individual) on expectations about therapy, anxiety, group and individual functioning, and leader functioning in group therapy preparation program. Findings from 32 graduate students revealed that preparation can have positive effect on clients' beliefs,…