1st Edition

Changing Frontiers in the Science of Psychotherapy

By Allen Bergin Copyright 1972
480 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

479 Pages
by Routledge

This book is an exploration and mapping of the frontiers of research in psychotherapy. The authors make a systematic effort to discover where the science is going; analyzing conceptual problems, trends, and issues; record their interviews with the leaders in the field; and recommend new directions for research. The volume is the result of a three-year study on collaborative research in... Read more
1 Introduction ORIENTATION AND RATIONALE; SOME FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES; 2 Sullivan's Conceptions: Beginnings of a System THE INTERPERSONAL NATURE OF PERSONALITY HUMAN INFANCY; LATER DEVELOPMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS; THE DEVELOPMENTAL ERAS; DISTORTIONS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; Mechanisms of defense; An example of mild mental disorder: Jealousy; An example of more serious mental disorder: Hysteria; An example of severe mental disorder: Schizophrenia CONCLUSION; 3 Learning Interpersonal Behavior BASIC PROCESSES IN HUMAN LEARNING; Action learning, Cognitive learning PLANS AND STRATEGIES: AN INTEGRATION; OVERVIEW Interpersonal behavior and the habits of squirrels 4 Varieties of Interpersonal Behavior A TAXONOMY OF INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR; THE ACHIEVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERACTIONAL BALANCE; 5 Negotiating Interpersonal Transactions REWARDS AND COSTS; INTERACTION-OUTCOME PROCESSES: TWO EXAMPLES; GENERALIZED INTERPERSONAL STYLES AND THEIR INTERACTIONAL ASPECTS; POWER AND DEPENDENCE IN DYADIC RELATIONSHIPS 6 Contractual Arrangements in Interpersonal Relations THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORMS; IMPLICIT CONTRACTS IN DYADIC INTERACTION; FRAUDULENT INTERPERSONAL CONTRACTS; A FINAL WORD 7 Personality Disorder: Extranormative Efforts at Relationship THE DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSAL FACTORS IN PERSONALITY DISORDER; VARIETIES OF RESIDUAL RULE-BREAKING; 8 Psychotherapy: Disorder-Reducing Interpersonal Relationships; DYADIC RELATIONSHIP THERAPY AS THE FOCUS; THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TASK; BASIC PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; THE TRANSFER OF THERAPEUTIC LEARNING, Image dedifferentiation, Intervention in other client relationships

Biography

Irving Babbitt