Emotion-Focused Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: An Overview of the ModelJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - Tập 46 - Trang 41-52 - 2015
Ladislav Timulak, James McElvaney
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a severely debilitating disorder characterized by high comorbidity and a negative impact on overall well-being. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most recognized psychological treatment of GAD. Although CBT is well-established, it is also shown that not all clients benefit from it. The goal of this paper is to highlight an emerging model of working wit...... hiện toàn bộ
Necessary factors in psychotherapy: A model for understanding iatrogenic disturbancesJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - Tập 17 - Trang 235-249 - 1987
Stephen DeBerry
Psychotherapy is conceptualized within a phenomenoiogical framework as a relationship with a focus. Both these factors, the relationship and the focus, are examined as necessary factors for the creation of the therapeutic alliance which is seen as a sufficient condition for intrapsychic change. The proper balancing of the two necessary factors is seen as essential for a therapeutic alliance to evo...... hiện toàn bộ
The Say ‘Yes’ to Life (SYTL) Program: A Positive Psychology Group Intervention for DepressionJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - Tập 45 - Trang 109-118 - 2014
Alan Carr, Linda Finnegan
Patients and referrers are increasingly seeking effective psychological treatments for depression as an alternative or adjunct to antidepressant medication. This paper describes a new group-based psychological intervention for major depressive disorder—the Say ‘Yes’ to Life (SYTL) program. This program integrates evidence-based interventions from cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and positive psych...... hiện toàn bộ
Mentalization and Psychosis: A Rationale for the Use of Mentalization Theory to Understand and Treat Non-affective Psychotic DisorderJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - Tập 50 - Trang 223-232 - 2020
J. G. Weijers, C. ten Kate, M. Debbané, A. W. Bateman, S. de Jong, J. -P. C. J. Selten, E. H. M. Eurelings-Bontekoe
Social functioning can be severely impaired in non-affective psychotic disorder (NAPD). Current models of psychosis pathogenesis do not tend to focus on social dysfunction and pharmacological treatment fails to ameliorate it. In this article, we propose that mentalization theory provides a valuable contribution to the understanding and treatment of NAPD. Impaired mentalizing may contribute to both...... hiện toàn bộ
The public's perception of psychotherapy and counseling: Differential views on the effectiveness of psychologists, psychiatrists, and other providersJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - - 1995
Patrick Richardson, Paul Handal
This study examined the public's perceptions relative to the effectiveness of psychotherapy and counseling, expectations of treatment efficacy for different psychotherapy and counseling providers (i.e., clinical psychologists, counseling psychologists, counselors, general medical practitioners, marital and family therapists, psychiatrists, self-help groups, and social workers), professional chara...... hiện toàn bộ