1st Edition

The Science of Psychotherapy

By Harvey J. Fischer Copyright 1991
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, The Science of Psychotherapy was trailblazing in addressing both academic and clinical topics from a strictly scientific viewpoint. The author presents a reasonable progression from the fundamentals and methods that characterize all sciences, to their use as an orientation and textual set in defining the field of scientific psychology. The treatment is... Read more

Preface.  Part I: Philosophy  1. General Philosophical Considerations  2. Philosophy of Science of Psychology  Part II: Psychology  3. Impulses  4. The Drive for Pleasure  5. Motivation  6. Neonate Experience  7. Self-Images and Object-Images  8. Object Relations  9. Narcissistic Impulse  10. Narcissistic Attitude  11. Development  12. Emotion  Part III: Psychopathology  13. Current Status of Psychopathology  14. Relativistic Theory  15. Resistance  16. Transference  Part IV: Psychotherapy  17. Relativist Theory  18. Psychological Pain  19. Treatment of Disavowal  20. Treatment of Denial  21. Psychodiagnosis.  Index.

Biography

Harvey J. Fischer