Psychosynthesis as developed by Salvador Roquet presents a new method combining Freudian, Frommian, and transpersonal therapies. Its immediate result is to obtain results expected from long-term psychoanalysis in an abbreviated period of time. It also helps the individual take responsibility for his own development. (Author/RK)

This presentation explores several dimensions of resistance to behavioral therapy, uses psychodynamic concepts to illustrate the resistance to therapy, and suggests effective behavioral strategies for change. (MJB)

This paper examines similarities and differences between the psychodynamic and the behavioral approaches to helping persons in trouble, describes the major orientations in behaviorism and offers suggestions for practice. (MS)

The article describes a five-step group therapy program for 21 male adolescent sex offenders. Key elements were peer interaction and a system of incentives for therapy. (DB)

After presenting capsule profiles of therapists who have used storytelling techniques in psychotherapy, this article describes several methods and situations in which storytelling can be an effective therapeutic tool. Use of the techniques is illustrated. (RH)

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…

Examined effects of videotaped feedback on aspects of self-concept of patients in an aftercare psychotherapy group. All subjects (N=62) completed three administrations of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale; the 32 treatment patients also viewed videotaped interactions of their group therapy. The results suggest that videotaped feedback produces…

Defines contextual therapy as therapeutic synthesis of family (relational), biological, and individual (psychotherapy) methodologies. Translates the ethics of "relational responsibility" into intervention methods and strategies. Explores consequences of the therapies as a common denominator for the three philosophies. (Author/ABB)

Relates the experiences of a social worker in private practice who offered house calls as an ongoing setting for counseling and psychotherapy to individuals and families. Describes advantages and disadvantages, liability, and target populations. (JAC)

Considers the metaphor of the counseling frame. Describes and analyzes several clinical examples, each illustrating the framework's potential effects on the therapeutic interaction. (Author)

Analayzed transcripts of Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (Shostrom, 1966) for counselor and client representational system predicate use. Although different patterns of predicate use emerged, only limited support for Neurolinguistic Programming theory was found. The findings of different patterns of predicate use were related to convergence and…

Studied 44 patients in marital or family therapy at an outpatient clinic and offered them the opportunity to list new complaints at subsequent assessment points in addition to the initial session. More than half the patients reported new problems, and when these arose, they were significantly correlated with outcomes. (BH)

Presents the development of concrete and explicit goals, models, and procedures for group psychotherapy by the staff of a 22-bed, adult, general psychiatric unit. (BH)

Proposes a taxonomy for classifying certain kinds of client self-presentations as defensive and assertive strategies to influence counselors' impressions and behaviors. Describes four assertive strategies (ingratiation, supplication, self-promotion, and intimidation) and one defensive strategy ("facework") along with their short-term…

Research on change processes is needed to help explain how psychotherapy produces change. To explain processes of change, it is important to measure three types of outcomes and three levels of process. Emphasis will need to be placed on specifying different types of in-session change episodes and the intermediate outcomes they produce. (Author/BL)