Despite the fact that it has long been recognised that narcissism can contribute to depression, we have become accustomed to referring to depression mostly in terms of a neurotic disturbance. The author highlights the difference between the narcissistic elements in depression, which is based on guilt, and the graver narcissistic depression, which…

This article explores some of the complexities of psychotherapy with an identical twin. The difficulty of developing in psychotherapy while so much of what is oneself is located in the other twin will also be explored. The use of the countertransference as a therapeutic method will be considered as the young person develops her unique, separate…

Objective: The attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry and psychotherapy were examined considering the extent of their education, previous psychiatry experience, the evaluation of the course, their career intentions and socio-demographic variables. Methods: Five hundred and eight medical students in their second, fifth, ninth and tenth…

This article presents the authors' response to Pignotti and Mercer's "Holding Therapy and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Are Not Supported and Acceptable Social Work Interventions." Pignotti and Mercer offer a very detailed, informative, scholarly, and eloquently expressed concern about the merit of holding therapies and the danger of offering…

The influence of treatment preferences on the development of the therapeutic alliance was investigated. Seventy-five patients were followed while participating in a randomized controlled trial comparing supportive-expressive psychotherapy with sertraline or pill placebo in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Therapeutic alliance was…

The views of Carl Rogers and Milton H. Erickson are combined in this book on psychotherapy. The first section focuses on belief systems, views of man, new views of the unconscious, and a philosophy for change. Erickson and his relationship to myth, the nature of man and the goal of counseling, trance, and a radical view of the unconscious are…

Article recounted the experiences of a patient, formerly depressed, who benefited by the combination of psychotherapy and antidepressant medications. (Editor/RK)

Counseling and psychotherapy are not the same, but rather represent two modalities with different theoretical premises which use different techniques and pursue different goals. Counseling always focuses on a specific subject and the interaction between the counselor and the client is generally goal-directed. The counselor focuses on the acute…

The article describes the technical modifications necessary in doing psychotherapy with brain-damaged children. (Author/DLS)

Notes that an integrated use of different therapeutic modalities promotes the most effective and efficient therapy of patients. (Author/AM)

Use of a modified Lamaze approach to childbirth has been successful in reducing pain due to menstrual cramps. (MJB)

Examined whether efficacy of psychotherapy is enhanced when clients are required to pay for treatment by comparing patients who paid for treatment with those whose payments were covered by a grant. Results revealed no reliable difference in outcomes of clients who paid and those who did not. (Author/NB)

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.…

Discusses the relationship of the symbolic content of dreams to the theory of the dream in psychoanalysis and Gestalt therapy. Points out that the utility of the dream depends upon the techniques of the therapist and not on the validity of the underlying theory of the dream. (LLL)