Defines the term "shyness" and provides data regarding its prevalence. Discusses the relationship of shyness to other psychological problems and describes attempts to treat it in brief psychotherapy. The general goal of treatment is to provide patients with a problem-solving approach to interpersonal difficulties. (JMF)

This descriptive study of the attribution of value in verbalizations of participants in eight group therapy sessions consisted of a series of controversies over whether target persons or people outside the group, whom target persons complained about, should be disparaged. Target persons generally described themselves as not deserving…

The construct validity of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP) was studied. The IIP was used to categorize 104 patients reporting interpersonal distress into 4 problem quadrants. Results offer broad support for the convergent validity of the IIP and offer knowledge about interpersonal problems and the psychotherapy context. (SLD)

Developed methodology for evaluation of assimilation model in which both experimental rigor and clinical sensitivity are priorities. Methodology was applied to good-outcome case. Results supported assimilation model's hypothesized progression by which problematic experience is successfully incorporated into schema, and ratings highlighted one…

Investigates the effect of poem selection on therapeutic process and outcome. Examines the use of three different poems by three different therapists in a variety of contexts. Concludes that the "success" or "failure" of poems is based, in part, on what the therapist and poem ask of a client. (SR)

Examines the relational view of the person in Martin Buber's philosophy of dialog. Shifts toward the relational are considered in the context of human development, gender studies, psychotherapy, and family therapy. A dialogical approach in which partners are encouraged to move toward a more collaborative, empathetic relationship of "I and…

This article compares traditional science and the "new science of possibilities" for counseling based on humanistic principles. The information age impels counselors to shift to the new paradigm because the exponential increase of cultural change is generating a climate in which control-oriented procedures are inconsistent with events and…

The importance of the interpersonal meanings of adolescent symptomatology, especially as they relate to issues of control in therapy, is explored across a wide variety of treatment approaches; and three cases of children (14- or 16-years-old in a remedial education program are discussed. (Author/SB)

As a result of an effective feminist movement and effective technological developments, men are faceing drastic and dramatic changes in their personal and work lives. Consequently, more men, and specifically more older men, are entering psychotherapy than ever before. Men in their 50's are facing problems associated with shifts away from…

The 'perpetual client syndrome' can be combated by programs designed to change the role of the constant receiver of help to that of the giver of help. A project conducted in an Israeli public school indicates the benefits of a helper-therapy program, and some of the problems. (Author)

Based on part of a dissertation submitted December 1967 to the Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree.

It is postulated that the standard framework for psychotherapy, a cooperative transference neurosis, does not validly carry over to the successful psychotherapy of a two-generation family group. In many disturbed families, the necessary and sufficient dynamics for change must be initiated, controlled, and augmented by a group dynamic power-play,…

This paper describes some of the characteristics of relationship patterns established by partners with one depressed member. Depressive dyadic and triadic relationships are characterized by repetitive and patterned verbal and non-verbal behavior designated "microcycling". Treatment approaches include therapy of the partners' relationship and of…

Results of an experiment to test predictions derived from balance theory about social influence and communication within a psychological treatment situation indicated that subjects changed their meanings of words when such changes were advocated by the counselors, and reported increased confidence when they apparently agreed with the counselors…