Suggests that the poet and the psychotherapist begin with different motivations and address quite different tasks. Discusses the paradox embodied in poetry therapy. (SR)

Relates the personal and spiritual journey of a psychotherapist who has given up writing haiku as a way of being in the world and has found that a question (on the nature of the Natural Self and learning to find one's next step) has taken the place of haiku in his life. (SR)

Examined ability of 40 psychotherapists to diagnose premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Developed two case vignettes identical except for symptoms being cyclical in one and noncyclical in other. Psychotherapists made diagnosis and selected treatment. Most respondents could distinguish PMS from non-PMS case on cyclical versus noncyclical feature.…

States that psychoanalytic therapy is a conversation about the "good life" with particular moral aims. Argues that the analyst attempts to convince the analysand of the advantages of being a decentered social-constructivist who broadens her realm of self-acknowledgement and enriches her moral vocabulary. Concludes that this advocacy of…

Explores whether self-disclosure in group psychotherapy produces better group outcome. Although the expected positive relationship between the two variables was found, results also indicate a need for caution in postulating a link between self-disclosure and improvement. (BP)

The demand for therapy has increased 400 percent in the past three decades, noting that about 250 different therapies treat the one syndrome shared by all patients, namely, demoralization. Whether such therapies really work is the subject of this report. (JN)

Conjoint therapy requires reciprocal respect of the two therapists as well as each therapist's fidelity to his/her own treatment plan. The patients' difficulties in shifting between group and individual treatment are discussed. A review of the literature and case studies are presented. (BEF)

Examines the four existential realities of isolation, meaninglessness, death, and freedom as a framework for understanding Dante's "Divine Comedy." Argues that studying this text and its metaphors offers an enriched understanding of the dilemmas of human existence which can refine the understanding of the therapeutic relationship.…

Surveyed 158 members of American Academy of Psychotherapists in attempt to identify primary users of bibliotherapy, problems for which bibliotherapy seems most applicable, and reading resources that are being used effectively. Found that bibliotherapy was used often, particularly with childrearing skills and sexual dysfunctions. Years of…

Reviews literature on impact of psychotherapy supervision on therapist effectiveness. Notes that beginning trainees tend to value and benefit from supervisor support while later trainees gravitate toward technical guidance, and that this cycle may be repeated with continuing experience. Presents preliminary data to suggest that early supervisory…

Studied adherence of therapists to behaviors specified in cognitive-behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, and clinical management manuals. Rated therapist adherence in each of 4 sessions from 180 patients in treatment phase of National Institute of Mental Health Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program. Therapists exhibited more…

Sixteen therapists participated in year-long manualized training program as part of Vanderbilt II study of time-limited dynamic psychotherapy. Measured changes in therapist behavior with Vanderbilt Therapeutic Strategies Scale, Vanderbilt Psychotherapy Process Scale, and interpersonal process codings using Structural Analysis of Social Behavior.…

Treatment manuals and protocols have made delivery of particular therapies purer and more consistent, initiating a demand that researchers not only use treatment manuals to improve purity of their therapy but document that their efforts to achieve purity have been successful. Strategies that have been used to document treatment integrity are…

Examines the place of poetry within five major schools of psychotherapy. Presents the process of self-creation as a final common pathway for poetry and therapy. Applies specific principles of poetry therapy to schizophrenic patients. Concludes with an identification of key issues pertaining to the role of the therapist and the field of poetry…

Demonstrated that behavioral marital therapy (BMT) and insight-oriented marital therapy (IOMT) could be rendered in a distinct and uncontaminated fashion in manual-guided outcome research where therapists were crossed with treatment condition. BMT proved to be highly structured, with 93 percent of therapist interventions reflecting behavioral…