Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 
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AbstractThe current paper introduces a clinical method for experience-near interpretation of transference patterns taking place in the symptom context. This research is a qualitative metasynthetic study. The method of Luborsky ’s Core Conflictual Relationship Themes was conducted here on 33 transference case studies published in peer-reviewed journals and sourced from an appropriate database. Case components were categorized and relationships between them were analyzed using the method of Relationship Between Categories . We found that transferential components observed in the context of the symptom were a powerful sourc...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - November 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Peggilee Wupperman: Treating Impulsive, Addictive, and Self-Destructive Behaviors: Mindfulness and Modification Therapy
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Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - November 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Enhancing Empathy in Emotion-Focused Group Therapy for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Conceptualization Model for Interpersonal Rupture and Repair
AbstractAdolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are vulnerable to trauma-related experiences due to difficulties in emotion recognition, including recognising their own and others ’ emotions, leading to interpersonal conflict and problems in making and maintaining friendships. There are limited intervention methodologies of how to work with interpersonal conflict and relational repair. This paper presents, for the first time, a case conceptualization model of relational rup ture and repair as a clinical strategy to guide therapists working therapeutically with clients with ASD. The model is constructed from a tas...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - October 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Effects of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Executive Functions, Emotion Regulation, and Mindfulness in Bipolar Disorder
AbstractBipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by recurrent depression, manic, and hypomanic episodes. Patients with BD are also likely to experience difficulties with executive functions and emotion regulation. The literature review states that little research has been done on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for BD, and there has not been an examination of this therapy on BD patients ’ executive functions and emotion regulation. The present study addresses this absence of research with a pilot study on 60 BD patients. Participants in the intervention group received twelve 90-min se...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - October 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
50 Years of Psychotherapy: Erudition, Evolution, and Evaluation
AbstractThe field of psychotherapy has evolved tremendously over the last 50 years. In coordination with the publication of volume 50 of theJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, a historical review examines changes in the field. Most published articles have shifted their foundation from theoretical notions based on clinical case material to empirical studies based on treatment-outcome research. Along with these changes, the field has strengthened its scientific foundation, but weakened its clinical application. Overall, a historical review of the past 50 years results in a state of eudaimonia, the feeling of a healthy...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - September 26, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Emotion-Focused Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Women with Breast Cancer
AbstractEmerging evidence supports the efficacy of transdiagnostic approaches in the treatment of comorbid conditions. Given that both depression and anxiety disorders have been consistently noted as the most common psychological presentation across site and stage of illness in patients with cancer, psycho-oncology as a specialty may benefit from approaches that implement transdiagnostic approaches to treatment. This paper presents an adaptation of emotion-focused therapy for comorbid anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer. The described approach outlines how the chronic problematic emotion schemes are triggere...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - August 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An Examination of Hope, Symptom Severity, and Functioning Among Combat Veterans After Participation in an Intensive Outpatient Program for PTSD
AbstractImpairment in psychosocial functioning complicates readjustment to civilian life for many combat veterans with PTSD and is related to poorer quality of life. Hope theory posits that both a sense of agency and the ability to identify pathways toward achieving a goal underlie the process of behavior change. We developed an intensive outpatient program (the HOME program) in order to help combat veterans move toward values-driven activities and improve psychosocial functioning. We hypothesized that increased hope regarding veterans ’ ability to manage and recover from PTSD symptoms may facilitate improvements in func...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - August 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Misophonia, Maladaptive Schemas and Personality Disorders: A Report of Three Cases
AbstractMisophonia is a chronic condition in which specific sounds cause intense negative emotions and autonomic arousal. Misophonia is considered a psychological disorder without any relationship with specific alterations of hearing receptors and independent from physical characteristics of the sound. Moreover if misophonia can be defined as a specific psychiatric disorder or a correlate of other conditions is still under debate. The patients were two women and one man. In this case series we first identified the presence of triggers sounds inducing misophonia as reported during the psychotherapy sessions. At a qualitativ...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - August 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Narcissistic Disturbances: A Review
AbstractThis review sought to outline the common complicating and facilitating factors during treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with narcissistic pathology, including various specific treatment approaches. A systematic literature search was performed to identify literature describing the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and narcissistic pathology along with psychotherapeutic considerations and methods used to treat depressive symptoms in such patients. Theory and research suggest that depressive symptoms often co-occur with narcissistic disturbances because depression may emerge when narcissistic defenses fa...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - July 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Common Process of Supervision Process: The Supervision Session Pyramid as a Teaching Tool in the Beginning Supervision Seminar
AbstractWe take up three fundamental considerations: (a) regardless of supervisory perspective adopted, there is a common process to supervision session process; (b) supervision is a cyclical affair across sessions and, oftentimes, even within sessions; and (c) beginning supervisor trainees, whatever the supervisory perspective to which they will eventually subscribe, can benefit from having a simple conceptual way of thinking about the commonalities of supervision session structure. Although the supervision process (e.g., supervision stages) is a widely considered topic, supervision session process —the workings of each...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Panic-Focused Reflective Functioning and Comorbid Borderline Traits as Predictors of Change in Quality of Object Relations in Panic Disorder Treatments
AbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate whether (a) baseline levels of panic-specific reflection function (PSRF; i.e. patients ’ capacity to reflect on their panic symptoms) and improvement in this capacity over treatment, (b) baseline borderline personality disorder (BPD) traits and pre–post treatment improvement in BPD traits predict change in patients’ quality of object relations (QORs). A subsample of 102 patients diagnosed with panic disorder from a larger randomized controlled trial received either Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy or Panic-Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. We investigated whether baseli...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological Correlates of Change in Emotion Regulation Over 8 Months of Psychotherapy
This study explored the relations between changes in the capacity for emotion regulation over 8 months of psychotherapy, as defi ned by all subscales of the Difficulties for Emotion Regulation Scale, trait emotional intelligence and psychological distress. In addition, this study examined whether changes in the capacity for emotion regulation differed between patients reporting at least one regulation treatment goal and those reporting other goals. Data were collected as part of an ongoing program evaluation at an urban community-based mental health clinic. Self-report questionnaires were completed by 74 patients prior to...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Therapist Experience, Personal Therapy, and Distressing States of Mind: Regulation and Resonance as Dialectics of Therapeutic Empathy
We examined the impact of several moderators on the paths from attachment anxiety, shame-proneness, and the fear of invalidity to personal distress empathy; and, thus, on the indirect effect between attachment anxiety and personal distress empathy. For our first hypothesis, we expected therapist status to significantly moderate the paths in this proposed meditation. For our second hypothesis, we anticipated personal therapy sessions would significantly moderate this meditation. For our third hypothesis, we expected that both personal therapyand therapist experience level would moderate this mediation. Most notably, our res...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“The Nominees for Best Article …”: Awards for the Most Valuable Papers on Psychotherapy in 2018
AbstractEach year, many important articles are published that make valuable contributions to the field of psychotherapy. It is helpful to remain informed about recent developments in the field, and respect the useful refinements that are being proposed in various journal articles. Unfortunately, with so many journals in the field, it can be challenging to find the best articles, and some important papers may be overlooked. In recent years, the situation has become even worse with the expansion of many new and often predatory journals, publishing inferior papers. TheJournal of Contemporary Psychotherapy awards program has t...
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Role of Safety Behaviors in Panic Disorder Treatment: Self-Regulation or Self-Defeat?
This study differentiated between types of SBs and identified people-focused SBs as possible predictor of symptom change in CBT for PD—potentially relevant for efforts to improve treatment response. (Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy)
Source: Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy - June 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
