Reviews use of cognitive therapy (CT) for depression compared to use of tricyclic pharmacotherapy in nonbipolar outpatients. Suggests that CT may be roughly comparable in treatment of the acute episode, combined CT-pharmacotherapy does not appear to be clearly superior to either modality, and CT treatment during the acute episode may reduce the…

Surveys the popular and professional literature on incest to show that creative writing can be useful to adult survivors of incest both as a self-help technique and as an adjunct to therapy. (SR)

Provides a brief case report on the use of poetry writing in the treatment of a patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Notes that, after 23 sessions in which the patient said nothing, the patient brought a poem for the therapist to read at the 24 session. (SR)

Reviews literature concerning effective outpatient psychotherapy alternatives for adults with mental retardation. Focuses on psychodynamic, behavioral, and group psychotherapy approaches for those with dual diagnosis of mental retardation and psychological difficulties. Offers research agenda for future directions and includes model of clinical…

Explores ways in which fairy tales, poetry, and stories can be utilized as a counseling intervention with women in healing the mother/daughter relationship. (SR)

Presents a psychodynamic framework and research methods for examining the significance of patients' internal representations of therapy with their therapists. Two instruments, the Therapist Representation Inventory and the Intersession Experience Questionnaire, are introduced, and their psychometric characteristics are described. Findings from a…

Discusses issues raised in two critiques of an earlier article concerning the reconceptualization of multicultural counseling. Points addressed include that the article does not imply that psychotherapy is outside the realm of scientific inquiry and that it does not serve as a model for multicultural counseling. (MKA)

Female bulimic inpatients (N=24) were randomly assigned to massage therapy or standard treatment group. Massaged patients showed immediate reductions in anxiety and depression; additional improvements were noted by the last day of therapy. Massage therapy is shown to be effective as an adjunct treatment for bulimia. (Author/EMK)

Presents a reaction to Thompson and Neville's (1999) article, "Racism, Mental Health, and Mental Health Practice" and proposes that the unifying theme is categorization. Extends the concept of categorization, demonstrates it as the "lowest common denominator" of racism, and discusses the implications of categorization for…

Discusses and demonstrates that person-centered practice and theory are psychodynamic in a general psychoanalytic sense because they refer to unconscious processes. Proposes that person-centered practice could be enriched by reconsidering the differences from and similarities with psychodynamic therapy. (Author/GCP)

Relational approaches to counseling emphasize the monitoring of countertransference responses as a crucial component in the therapeutic process. An overview of the historical and contemporary understanding of the concept and six sources of countertransference specific to religious therapists are discussed. Recommendations are offered for effective…

Responds to an article (May/June 1997 issue) in which Eugene Kelly contended that the counseling profession should integrate its theories to combine strengths of both the humanistic and technical orientations in the field. Notes the importance of previous efforts such as Robert Carkhuff's Human Technology (HT). Discusses and emphasizes the…

Offers brief annotations of a wide ranging selection of 38 poetry books and 14 poetry anthologies of contemporary North American multicultural poetry, focusing on books most powerful and relevant to the work of poetry therapists. (SR)

Provides theoretical, historical, and professional examination of the art as therapy approach and art psychotherapy. States that responsive art making is helpful in establishing empathic relationships with adolescents, in providing art therapists with an expressive outlet for the potent feelings that arise in the clinical context, and in forming a…

Adventure therapy infuses experiential, physical activity into traditional talk therapy, drawing support from Piaget's theory that children construct knowledge from their actions on the environment. Several vignettes illustrate the point, noting the importance of laughter and physical touch to therapy. Using ropes for a "touch without…