Theories of Psychotherapy & Counseling: Concepts and Cases
Language: English
Pages: 816
ISBN: 1305087321
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Comprehensive in scope yet succinct in its descriptions and explanations, THEORIES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING: CONCEPTS AND CASES, 6th Edition equips readers with a solid understanding of the systematic theories of psychotherapy and counseling. The book delivers a thorough explanation of concepts as well as insightful case summaries and therapist-client dialogues that illustrate techniques and treatment in practice. It demonstrates how theories can be applied to individual therapy or counseling for common psychological disorders-such as depression and generalized anxiety disorders-as well as how to apply them to group therapy.
this to Jungian views. Michan (2003) traces unresolved conflicts in Mexican personality and culture to themes in ancient Aztec mythology. Krippner and Thompson (1996) show how 16 different Native American societies do not have a distinct separation between the dreamed world and the waking world that Western societies have. In studies like these, cultural experience, whether conscious or unconscious, has been related to Jungian archetypal material and therapy. Although Jung’s intellectual
unfortunate it is that she has no time for her personal life and her need for self-expression. The therapist does not say that the mother cannot continue with her behavior but makes the behavior seem less attractive to the woman. Avoiding the tar baby. Although the term tar baby has come to have racial and other meanings, Adler used tar baby to refer to the therapist being careful when discussing a sticky (tar) issue that is both significant for the patient and causes problems for the patient.
mother—is extremely significant in the oral stage. The mouth has not only the function of taking in and eating but also holding on to, biting, spitting, and closing. The functions of eating and holding can be related to the development of later character traits referred to as oral incorporation, which might include the acquiring of knowledge or things. The functions of biting and spitting can be related to oral aggressive characteristics that might include sarcasm, cynicism, or argumentativeness.
materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 42 Chapter 2 Donald Winnicott An English pediatrician, Donald Winnicott (1896–1971) did not offer a systematized theory of object relations. However, “his ideas have likely had more influence on the understanding of the common, significant issues met with by psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in their everyday practice
(2000) describes four modes of interactions between individuals that illustrate the way relational psychoanalysis views therapeutic relationships. The first mode describes how people relate, in a broad sense, to each other, such as interactions between siblings. The second mode deals with how individuals communicate emotion to each other, such as showing love by holding an infant. The third mode is how individuals view their own various roles, such as being in the role of a daughter or a mother.